Playfor Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Playfor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Playfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:1,358,97760,528
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Playfor Last Name Facts

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

Playfor has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Playfor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,776,799th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Playfor reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,358,977. In England Playfor is primarily found in: Durham, where 71 percent reside, Somerset, where 15 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 5 percent reside. Besides England this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent reside and Scotland, where 2 percent reside.

Playfor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Playfor has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Playfor last name grew 456 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Playford933,251/
Playfort930/
Playforth88268/
Plaford8610/
Playfar861/
Platford80325/
Playfare801/
Plasford801/
Plazford800/
Pillafort753/
Playfurth751/
Plattford750/
Pelliford630/
Pilliford630/
Pelleford630/

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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 Playfor
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