Payés Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Payés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payés Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador61:1,057,3154,053
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Payes (3,498) & Payès (1) are calculated separately.

Payés Last Name Facts

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

The surname Payés occurs most in El Salvador. It may occur in the variant forms: Payes or Payès. Click here for other possible spellings of Payés.

How Common Is The Last Name Payés? popularity and diffusion

Payés is the 4,908,606th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Payés reside; 63 percent reside in Central America and 63 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

Payés is most prevalent in El Salvador, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,057,315. Beside El Salvador it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 25 percent reside and Spain, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Payes933,498/
Payès931/
Pays892,222/
Payé8911/
Payas806,458/
Payos802,034/
Paays80717/
Paysh80477/
Payis80319/
Payus8078/
Payst8035/
Payse8031/
Pahys8024/
Payts8016/
Payás8010/
Pajés803/
Payàs802/
Hpays801/
Phays801/
Pay7517,653/
Paysse73481/
Payase73389/
Payush7333/
Payous7324/
Payass7323/
Payoos7316/
Phayas7313/
Paayst734/
Payash733/
Hpayas733/
Payuos732/
Payest732/
Phayis732/
Payose732/
Pauyas732/
Payoss732/
Hpayis731/
Payiss731/
Ppayos731/
Payise731/
Payesh731/
Phayes730/
Paya6779,269/
Paes6778,879/
Pais6755,809/
Paye6741,431/
Payo675,509/
Paus675,467/
Payi673,831/
Payu672,230/
Phay671,895/
Peas671,003/
Peys67737/
Payt67393/
Paay67383/
Payá67173/
Payz67127/
Paysova6797/
Payd6768/
Payà6735/
Poys6732/
País6730/
Pahy6722/
Pyes6718/
Paiy6716/
Pajé6713/
Payp6713/
Ppay6712/
Hpay679/
Payj674/
Poyé673/
Payó673/
Payc672/
Pajs672/
Payasse672/
Payy672/
Payouse672/
Payh672/
Pgay672/
Pfay671/
Pauy671/
Puys671/
Paysová671/
Pajy671/
Peyé671/
Péyé671/
Puyé671/
Péis671/

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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 Payés
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