Plays Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Plays Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 140 | 1:474,448 | 67,240 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Plays Demographics
Average Male Plays Height
172.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Plays Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plays Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plays (Arabic: تعلب) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Plays? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,364,059th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Plays reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 474,448. In France Plays is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 40 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 16 percent reside and Occitanie, where 12 percent reside. Apart from France Plays is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 13 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Plays Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plays in the Arabic language | ||
| تعلب | tlb | - |
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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 Plays
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