Payen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Payen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Payen family

Profession Census Frequency
Draper 1
Machinist 1
Waiter Hotel 1
Factory Cook Assistant 1
Paper Maker Store Keeper 1
Carter On Farm 1
Brass Founder 1
Blacksmiths Hammerman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Payen

Name Census Frequency
John Payen 10
Mary Payen 9
Elizabeth Payen 8
George Payen 8
William Payen 8
Ann Payen 7
Sarah Payen 6
Thomas Payen 6
Benjamin Payen 5
James Payen 5
Jane Payen 5
Henry Payen 4
Joseph Payen 4
Abraham Payen 3
Alfred Payen 3
Alice Payen 3
Frederick Payen 3
Hannah Payen 3
Albert Payen 2
Amelia Payen 2
Annie Payen 2
Auguste Payen 2
Catherine Payen 2
Richard Payen 2
Robert Payen 2

Payen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Payne 60% 190,634
2 Pyne 40% 9,329
3 Payn 80% 4,279
4 Poyne 40% 292
5 Payen 100% 164
6 Pyan 60% 128
7 Payon 80% 118

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The surname Payen is the 5th most popular variant of Payne.

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