Piyah Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Piyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2101:629,75849,645
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Piyah (3,165) may also be a first name.

Piyah Last Name Facts

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

Piyah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Piyah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piyah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,006,539th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Piyah live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 127,819th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,165 people.

The last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 629,758. In Indonesia Piyah is primarily found in: Aceh, where 26 percent are found, Jakarta, where 20 percent are found and West Java, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piyash91902/
Piya8920,803/
Ppiyash831/
Phiyath831/
Piyas802,842/
Phiya80186/
Poyah80175/
Piyaz80174/
Payah80172/
Piyoh80142/
Pijah8066/
Piyad8047/
Paiah8041/
Piyap8027/
Peyah8026/
Pieya8018/
Pioya8014/
Piyeh8014/
Ppiya8013/
Puyah8011/
Peiah809/
Pijya804/
Piyat802/
Pyyah801/
Pihya801/
Piyahova771/
Peyath7384/
Phaiah7355/
Puhyah7325/
Pooyah7317/
Ppaiah7312/
Puyath735/
Paiaya734/
Payash733/
Payath732/
Pohyah732/
Payaph731/
Phiyad731/
Phoyah731/
Pieyoh731/
Phayah731/
Piyass731/
Pyiash731/
Pyjach731/
Peyash731/
Poyath731/
Piyesh731/
Peiach730/
Paya6779,269/
Peya678,073/
Poya677,164/
Puia673,989/
Piyo673,805/
Peia671,696/
Pahu671,469/
Puya671,410/
Paia671,323/
Poia67665/
Pija67498/
Peah67225/
Pauh67165/
Paih67156/
Piye67130/
Pioy6780/
Piyi6748/
Puih6746/
Piea6745/
Peih6729/
Puiy6723/
Pahy6722/
Paiy6716/
Pioa679/
Piia679/
Pajh678/
Pyia673/
Piey673/
Pyya673/
Poiy673/
Payh672/
Peyh672/
Pijy671/
Pooyash671/
Poyh671/
Pyja671/
Péia671/
Puyh671/
Poih671/
Phayaha671/

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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 Piyah
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