Payams Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Payams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
United States141:25,889,924709,614

Payams Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Payams Come From? nationality or country of origin

Payams is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Payams? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,312,869th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. Payams is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Payams live; 79 percent live in Caribbean and 79 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname Payams is most frequently used in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 193,202. Without taking into account The Dominican Republic it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found.

Payams Last Name Statistics demography

Payams earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.31% less than the national average, earning $16,696 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Payamz83696/
Payans8367/
Payanse771/
Payns7355/
Peams732/
Paims731/
Payens67128/
Puyans6749/
Payansova671/
Paynse670/
Peyans670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Payams
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis