Pâî

surname · Latin script

Pâî is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 124K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 156K
  • SESweden1 in 186K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

3,320 people

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pai in US United States, IN India, AR Argentina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Catalan

subst. 1. V. (CL); -u/, mold. (Sd XXI ; Buc. ; Ins 223). 2. Pala, vlah din Serbia ; olt. (16 B IV 479 ; 17 B III 69). 3. Paie, Al. (BCI VII). 4. Paes, I. (17 A IV 415). 5. Palau, P., act. 6. Paius, S., act. ; -ele m-te; -eni s. 7. Pailifd, mold. 8. Pais = Paius, R. (17 B II 81); Pdislani, -esti ss. ; -escul, olt. (Sd XXI).

Sources 4

  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
  • Nordic Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pâî counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pâî is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India3,3201 in 399K3.3KPai27
US United States2,1361 in 156K3.5KPai74
SE Sweden551 in 186K55—2
FI Finland451 in 124K45——
AR Argentina441 in 1M44Pai32
CH Switzerland371 in 227K37—4
DK Denmark201 in 293K20——

3,320 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pâî under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Pâî have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 3.3 thousand people named Pâî, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pai.
Where is Pâî most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pâî is densest in Finland — about 1 in 124 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Pâî?
In India, the national register counted 3,320 people named Pâî, about 1 in 399 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pâî”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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