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Where Does The Last Name Payan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Payan (Bengali: পায়ন, Hindi: पयान, Marathi: पायन, Oriya: ପୟନ, Russian: Паян) is found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Payán or Payàn. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Payan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Payan is the 15,298^th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 200,114 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Payan are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Payan is also the 251,554^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,019 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 15,874 people, or 1 in 7,819. In Mexico it is most frequent in: Chihuahua, where 34 percent live, Sinaloa, where 26 percent live and Baja California, where 8 percent live. Outside of Mexico it occurs in 67 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Colombia, where 13 percent live.

Payan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Payan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Payan surname grew 27,416 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Payan Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Payan surname are 43.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.4% registered with the party.

The amount Payan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 10.74% less than the national average, earning $20,263,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.38% less than the national average, earning $37,377 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning $46,463 CAD per year.