Payawi Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Payawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 189 | 1:43,141 | 5,280 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
Payawi (88) may also be a first name.
Payawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Payawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Payawi is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Payawi.
How Common Is The Last Name Payawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,214,709th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Payawi are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Payawi is also the 1,017,994th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 88 people.
The last name Payawi is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 43,141. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Hela, where 96 percent live, National Capital District, where 4 percent live and Morobe, where 1 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payawa | 83 | 147 | / |
| Payabi | 83 | 80 | / |
| Peyawi | 83 | 34 | / |
| Payewi | 83 | 23 | / |
| Piyawi | 83 | 22 | / |
| Payawe | 83 | 20 | / |
| Payowi | 83 | 12 | / |
| Paiawi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pajawi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Payavi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Payavis | 77 | 89 | / |
| Payaway | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pajawis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Paybhai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phayabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piyawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Payvi | 73 | 4,625 | / |
| Payva | 73 | 408 | / |
| Peawi | 73 | 135 | / |
| Paywa | 73 | 54 | / |
| Pawei | 73 | 44 | / |
| Paiwi | 73 | 41 | / |
| Paawe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pauwi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Phayawet | 71 | 61 | / |
| Piyawich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phayabai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Payabhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Payviz | 67 | 546 | / |
| Paaiva | 67 | 207 | / |
| Payway | 67 | 196 | / |
| Payuha | 67 | 159 | / |
| Payabe | 67 | 156 | / |
| Paybay | 67 | 93 | / |
| Pajabi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Payiva | 67 | 36 | / |
| Piyawa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Paibai | 67 | 33 | / |
| Peyowi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Payuva | 67 | 22 | / |
| Payuhi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Piyawe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Payvis | 67 | 19 | / |
| Piyaui | 67 | 17 | / |
| Payvay | 67 | 16 | / |
| Payewe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Payava | 67 | 12 | / |
| Peyawe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Payave | 67 | 11 | / |
| Payewa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pajavi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pajawa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paiawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paiwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piyabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piyavi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pajawe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poyawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Payebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pawhei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Payuaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peyawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puyawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paivai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paysui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauwai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Payawi
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