Payyah Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Payyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Payyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Payyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Payyah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Payyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Payyah is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Payyah live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Payyah is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Payyah is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Payyah
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