Payway Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Payway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 98 | 1:783,495 | 39,531 |
| Liberia | 96 | 1:45,922 | 4,138 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Payway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Payway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Payway is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Payway click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Payway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Payway is the 1,202,518th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Payway reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 783,495. In Iran Payway is primarily concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 48 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 27 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Iran it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 49 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Payway
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