Playah Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Playah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Playah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Playah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Playah is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Playah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Playah live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 64 percent are found, National Capital District, where 33 percent are found and East Sepik, where 3 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playa | 91 | 10,630 | / |
| Playas | 83 | 415 | / |
| Playeh | 83 | 34 | / |
| Playaz | 83 | 15 | / |
| Plaaya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Playsh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Playad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Play | 80 | 891 | / |
| Plaa | 80 | 437 | / |
| Pillaya | 77 | 16 | / |
| Pillayh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plaia | 73 | 1,192 | / |
| Playe | 73 | 1,069 | / |
| Plaja | 73 | 528 | / |
| Plays | 73 | 162 | / |
| Phlay | 73 | 118 | / |
| Ploya | 73 | 104 | / |
| Pleya | 73 | 91 | / |
| Playo | 73 | 85 | / |
| Plyay | 73 | 84 | / |
| Pliya | 73 | 73 | / |
| Plajh | 73 | 43 | / |
| Plaiy | 73 | 42 | / |
| Plahy | 73 | 39 | / |
| Plahý | 73 | 18 | / |
| Playà | 73 | 16 | / |
| Playu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Playt | 73 | 6 | / |
| Playi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Playá | 73 | 4 | / |
| Playz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Plaai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Plaãa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pléah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Playé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Playy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Playd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pluya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plaay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pillaiah | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pellaiah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pillay | 67 | 138,947 | / |
| Plauth | 67 | 241 | / |
| Pllaha | 67 | 181 | / |
| Pellay | 67 | 130 | / |
| Playez | 67 | 124 | / |
| Phlyay | 67 | 103 | / |
| Phlayo | 67 | 86 | / |
| Pillaa | 67 | 65 | / |
| Playee | 67 | 56 | / |
| Pleash | 67 | 52 | / |
| Plahey | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pleyau | 67 | 22 | / |
| Plauch | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pllaja | 67 | 20 | / |
| Phliya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Plajas | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pleeya | 67 | 12 | / |
| Plaias | 67 | 9 | / |
| Plahay | 67 | 9 | / |
| Plaich | 67 | 6 | / |
| Playes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pleach | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phlaha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pıllay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Playid | 67 | 3 | / |
| Plauyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ploaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plaith | 67 | 2 | / |
| Playet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plauhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plyayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phliay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyllay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plaait | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plaush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plojah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Playie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pluyau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pliaye | 67 | 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
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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 Playah
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