Piais Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Colombia

Piais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
France11:66,422,722504,397

Piais (11) may also be a first name.

Piais Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piais Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Piais is found most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Piais.

How Common Is The Last Name Piais? popularity and diffusion

Piais is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Piais are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

It is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Piais is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent reside and Karnataka, where 25 percent reside. Apart from India Piais occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Colombia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piai892,168/
Piaisse8345/
Piégais831/
Piaui80957/
Peais8020/
Piaes8014/
Piaie809/
Phiai805/
Piaiz802/
Piait801/
Pyais801/
Peyiai73162/
Piauhi7346/
Poiyai7320/
Piayie738/
Piahui737/
Peiyai732/
Piaiji732/
Peaish731/
Payiai731/
Piayos731/
Paiiai731/
Pihahei67208/
Peai67125/
Pyai6742/
Pioi6719/
Piae6713/
Pieaich673/
Piaijit673/
Piauhiy672/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piais
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