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 in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Piais? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Piais occurs predominantly 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. Piais is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name Piais is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent are found and Karnataka, where 25 percent are found. Barring India Piais occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Colombia, where 14 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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