Where Does The Last Name Piah Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Piah is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piah? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 75,433^rd most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,119,955 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Piah live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Piah is also the 42,145^th most widely held first name globally, borne by 17,226 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 4,623 people, or 1 in 6,380. In Malaysia Piah is primarily concentrated in: Perak, where 23 percent live, Selangor, where 19 percent live and Pahang, where 17 percent live. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.

Piah Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Piah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Piah surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.