Paitan

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Paitan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 80K
  • ARArgentina1 in 989K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,600 people, est.

Sources
55 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Paitan 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 Paitan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru#888≈4,600 est.≈1 in 7K—Paitan55
PH Philippines—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 80K—Paitan24
BR Brazil—≈78 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Paitan11
AR Argentina—461 in 989K46Paitan18
ES Spain—381 in 1.3M38Paitan9

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Paitan is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Peru, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Paitán

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Päitän, Paitán

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Peru, India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Paitán

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Peru

    Also written Païtan, Paitán

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Paitán

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Philippines

    Also written Paitán

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Paitan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—46—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—38#53,621
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—38#53,553

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Paitan mean, and where does it come from?
A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Paitan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.6 thousand people named Paitan in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paitan.
How common is the name Paitan?
In Argentina, the national register counted 46 people named Paitan, about 1 in 989 thousand residents.
How common is Paitan compared with other names?
In Peru, Paitan is the 888th most common surname of 173,371 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Paitan” — the 888th most common surname in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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