Payán Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Payán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 86 | 1:1,443,328 | 15,900 |
| Spain | 44 | 1:1,062,546 | 38,570 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
The alternate forms: Payan (36,417) & Payàn (4) are calculated separately.
Payán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Payán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Payán occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Payan or Payàn. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Payán? popularity and diffusion
The last name Payán is the 1,315,412th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Payán are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
The last name Payán is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 1,443,328. In Mexico Payán is most frequent in: Chihuahua, where 24 percent reside, Sinaloa, where 15 percent reside and Mexico City, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Mexico it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 26 percent reside and Colombia, where 13 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 Payán
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