Playforth Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Qatar

Playforth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Playforth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:406,70127,895
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:487,50726,996
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Playforth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Playforth is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Playforth? popularity and diffusion

Playforth is the 968,490th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. Playforth occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Playforth live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 406,701. In England Playforth is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 22 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 19 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found. Other than England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Playforth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Playforth has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 274 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Playforth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Playforth surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Playforth earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.78% more than the national average, earning $49,096 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Playfort940/
Playfurth891/
Playfor8849/
Playford823,251/
Pillafort783/
Plaford7510/
Playfar751/
Platford71325/
Playfare711/
Plasford711/
Plazford710/
Plattford670/
Pillefert562/
Pelliford560/
Pilliford560/
Pelleford560/

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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 Playforth
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