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    The surname Payano

    A surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P500

    Payano: #21,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Payano #21,119, 1,243 people Payano: #21,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Payano #21,119, 1,243 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Payano is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,243 people named Payano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 854.

    #21,119
    rank among US surnames
    1,243
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,783)

    Who is named Payano

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Payano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Payano

    Payano 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 Payano?
    1,243 people in the United States had the surname Payano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Payano?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Payano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Payano getting more or less common?
    More common. 854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 46%.