Playdon Surname

569,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Playdon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Playdon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2161:124,98013,694
England1511:368,99426,171
United States931:3,897,408212,857
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Wales101:309,45316,869
Scotland61:892,30328,047
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:259,31218,589
Scotland61:623,86916,225

Playdon Last Name Facts

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

Playdon is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Playdon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Playdon is the 569,728th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 42 percent of Playdon live; 39 percent live in Australasia and 39 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 124,980. In Australia it is most common in: Victoria, where 95 percent are found, New South Wales, where 2 percent are found and South Australia, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Australia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Playdon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Playdon has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Playdon last name increased 161 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Playdon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Playdon are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Playdon earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 907.99% more than the national average, earning R 2,395,370 per year; in United States they earn 10.65% more than the national average, earning $47,743 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.19% less than the national average, earning $42,634 CAD per year.

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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 Playdon
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