Payaw Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Payaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Payaw (38) may also be a first name.

Payaw Last Name Facts

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

Payaw is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Payaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Payaw occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Payaw are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 38 people.

The surname Payaw is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 12,654,778. In The Philippines Payaw is most numerous in: Central Visayas, where 50 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside and Davao Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Payawe9120/
Phayaw911/
Pahyaw910/
Payab802,038/
Payow80353/
Piyaw80138/
Payav809/
Peyaw808/
Payew802/
Paiaw802/
Payuw801/
Puyaw801/
Payaf801/
Payova7329/
Piyawe7320/
Payouw7315/
Payewe7313/
Peyawe7311/
Phiyaw734/
Pajawe732/
Payeva732/
Phayab732/
Payaph731/
Payabh731/
Pauw672,893/
Payv6728/
Paiw6719/
Peaw677/
Pajw672/
Peyw671/
Pyew671/
Payf671/

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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 Payaw
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