Paymaster Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Paymaster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paymaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1741:1,018,06242,870
India291:26,450,530346,896
Liberia101:440,85421,753
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Paymaster (164) may also be a first name.

Paymaster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paymaster is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Paymaster.

How Common Is The Last Name Paymaster? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,104,724th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name Paymaster occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Paymaster live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Paymaster is also the 715,247th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 164 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent reside, Kaduna, where 15 percent reside and Delta, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.

Paymaster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Paymaster has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Paymaster surname rose 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peymaster892/
Pamater8856/
Payamate822/
Pasmater821/
Patmater820/
Pamate80111/
Pfamatter7839/
Pfammater783/
Paimatier781/
Patmateer780/
Pamatie7516/
Pemater751/
Pfammatter741,442/
Paumeister740/
Payamati7114/
Pamatech711/
Pamata67261/
Pamote67204/
Pamati67110/
Patmathet6741/
Pemate675/
Pymati671/
Payematta671/
Pamochter671/

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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 Paymaster
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis