Pilafi Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Pilafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania1031:28,2924,482
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Pilafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pilafi is more commonly found in Albania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pilafi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilafi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,806,862nd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pilafi are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Albano-Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Albania, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 28,292. In Albania Pilafi is mostly concentrated in: Dibër County, where 57 percent live, Tirana County, where 36 percent live and Berat County, where 3 percent live. Beside Albania Pilafi is found in one country. It is also found in Greece, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilafis9212/
Piliafis861/
Pilafa8346/
Piliafa773/
Pilaphi771/
Philaphi7133/
Pilaphai711/
Philafer710/
Pelofi67206/
Paillafet671/
Philaphio671/
Pilofe671/
Pélofi671/
Philaaphit632/
Peloffi6220/
Pilhofe621/
Pilhofer57752/
Pilhöfer57100/
Philapha572/
Pilhoffer5329/
Phillapha535/
Philaphet532/
Philhofer531/
Pelofy5093/
Philapheth502/

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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 Pilafi
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