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

The surname Payaw is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Payaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Payaw occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name world-wide It is held by 38 people.

The last name Payaw is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 12,654,778. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Visayas, where 50 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 13 percent are found and Davao Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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