Playa Surname
Approximately 10,630 people bear this surname
Playa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 9,924 | 1:18,001 | 1,080 |
| Spain | 273 | 1:171,253 | 12,229 |
| Mexico | 95 | 1:1,306,592 | 15,115 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
The alternate forms: Playà (16) & Playá (4) are calculated separately.
Playa (1,059) may also be a first name.
Playa Demographics
Average Male Playa Height
174.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Playa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Playa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Playa (Russian: Плая) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Playà or Playá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Playa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,496th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 685,564 people. The surname Playa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Playa live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 245,945th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 1,059 people.
Playa is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 9,924 people, or 1 in 18,001. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Other than Pakistan Playa occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent live and Mexico, where 1 percent live.
Playa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Playa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 5.07% more than the national average, earning $23,854,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 27.97% less than the national average, earning $31,082 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Playa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Playa in the Russian language | ||
| Плая | plaa | - |
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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 Playa
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