Pyatu Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pyatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Pyatu (17) may also be a first name.

Pyatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pyatu is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyatu? popularity and diffusion

Pyatu is the 2,506,728th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Pyatu live; 80 percent live in Oceania Islands and 80 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 96 percent live, East New Britain, where 2 percent live and Jiwaka, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piatu80211/
Peatu801/
Piatou7324/
Piastu7313/
Pehatu734/
Piateu731/
Pjatau731/
Piatout671/
Phyothu671/
Piastuch6264/
Pujiastu627/
Peyiotou623/
Piotu603/
Piotuh553/
Piotuch5041/
Piotous501/

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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
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  • 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 Pyatu
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