Payens Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Payens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1031:163,95324,033
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Payens Last Name Facts

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

Payens occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Payens? popularity and diffusion

Payens is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name Payens is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Payens reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 163,953. In The Netherlands Payens is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 24 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and North Brabant, where 16 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Payns9155/
Paens911/
Payans8367/
Phaens833/
Poyens833/
Paynse830/
Pajsens771/
Payanse771/
Peatens770/
Peens732,702/
Piens731,287/
Pains731,074/
Peins7374/
Poens7345/
Poyns7313/
Peans739/
Paenz738/
Peyssens714/
Pieyns67102/
Payams6768/
Puyans6749/
Powens673/
Pujens672/
Painse671/
Pujans671/
Payansova671/
Paiões671/
Phuens671/
Pajons671/
Peyans670/
Phiens670/
Paunns670/
Pehans670/

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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 Payens
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