The surname Payan
A surname, carried by 6,443 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P500
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,443 people named Payan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,920 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,780.
#5,403
rank among US surnames
6,443
people in 2010
2.2
per 100,000 Americans
+34.8%
change since 2000 (was #6,541)
Who is named Payan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Payan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
- White (not Hispanic) 11%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Payan has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.
Questions
- How common is the surname Payan?
- 6,443 people in the United States had the surname Payan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,920 Americans. It ranked 5,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Payan?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Payan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Payan getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,780 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,443 in 2010, up 35%.