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 more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Payway.
How Common Is The Last Name Payway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Payway is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Payway are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 783,495. In Iran it is most frequent in: Isfahan Province, where 48 percent live, Tehran Province, where 27 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 49 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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