Pilafa Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Pilafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 28 | 1:395,707 | 52,747 |
| Albania | 13 | 1:224,158 | 14,039 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Pilafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pilafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pilafa is found most frequently in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pilafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pilafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pilafa is the 2,876,555th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Pilafa occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Pilafa live; 89 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 61 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Greece, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 395,707. In Greece Pilafa is most frequent in: Attica, where 93 percent reside, Crete, where 4 percent reside and Epirus, where 4 percent reside. Other than Greece it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 28 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilafas | 92 | 164 | / |
| Piliafa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Piliafas | 86 | 39 | / |
| Pilafi | 83 | 104 | / |
| Pilafo | 83 | 24 | / |
| Pilefa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pelafas | 77 | 46 | / |
| Philafo | 77 | 26 | / |
| Pilafis | 77 | 12 | / |
| Philapha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Piliafis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilaphai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Philafer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pelafo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phillapha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paillafet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilofe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Philaphat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Philaaphit | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pelafos | 62 | 14 | / |
| Pilaphi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pilhofe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pilhofer | 57 | 752 | / |
| Philaphi | 57 | 33 | / |
| Pilhoffer | 53 | 29 | / |
| Philaphet | 53 | 2 | / |
| Philhofer | 53 | 1 | / |
| Philaphio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pelofy | 50 | 93 | / |
| Philapheth | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pelefo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pulefo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pilafa
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