Pilayan Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pilayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3541:285,98441,189
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pilayan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pilayan (Hindi: पीलयान, Russian: Пилаян) is most common in The Philippines. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pilayan.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilayan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 785,023rd most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pilayan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 285,984. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Ilocos, where 39 percent reside, Central Luzon, where 29 percent reside and Cordillera Administrative Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Armenia, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilayn923/
Piloyan863,261/
Pulayan86210/
Pelayan86101/
Piliyan8620/
Pilayen8617/
Pilajan8614/
Pilayon8613/
Piliyang8074/
Pelayang8011/
Philajan806/
Philayon804/
Pilain77126/
Pilaun774/
Pilean773/
Philaying7521/
Philaun71152/
Pilajun71112/
Piolain7163/
Piliyen7149/
Piloian7141/
Puliyan7139/
Pelahyn7126/
Pilawen7119/
Pislain7118/
Pelajan716/
Pilehan716/
Pilaine715/
Pileyen715/
Pilahun715/
Peloyan714/
Pailain712/
Peleyan712/
Piliean712/
Pilijan712/
Pileand711/
Pelayam711/
Pulayon711/
Poilain711/
Pitlain711/
Pilaien711/
Pelayon711/
Paillain6762/
Pelahyna6721/
Peleyane6714/
Payliyan676/
Pelaheyn676/
Pileehan671/
Pailiyam671/
Paislain671/
Philajun671/
Pulleyan671/
Phislain671/
Phileang671/
Phiolean671/
Pylahyna671/
Paileang671/
Pelayung671/

Pilayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pilayan in the Hindi language
पीलयानpilayana-
Pilayan in the Russian language
Пилаянpilaan-

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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 Pilayan
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