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 more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Playah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Playah live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 64 percent live, National Capital District, where 33 percent live and East Sepik, where 3 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Playah is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 3 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
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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