Pylväs Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Pylväs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 250 | 1:21,987 | 3,089 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Pylvas (3) are calculated separately.
Pylväs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pylväs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pylväs is found most frequently in Finland. It may also be found in the variant forms: Pylvas. For other potential spellings of Pylväs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pylväs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 975,866th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pylväs live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Pylväs is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 21,987. In Finland it is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 46 percent are found, Pirkanmaa, where 15 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 13 percent are found. Barring Finland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 5 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pylvas | 94 | 3 | / |
| Plovs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pilvs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plevs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Polvos | 67 | 393 | / |
| Plovas | 67 | 82 | / |
| Pulvos | 67 | 70 | / |
| Pulvas | 67 | 62 | / |
| Plavsa | 67 | 59 | / |
| Plavos | 67 | 54 | / |
| Pluves | 67 | 51 | / |
| Plavis | 67 | 46 | / |
| Polves | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pelvas | 67 | 30 | / |
| Palvas | 67 | 25 | / |
| Polvis | 67 | 24 | / |
| Palvis | 67 | 18 | / |
| Palves | 67 | 13 | / |
| Polvas | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pelvis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Polevs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pilves | 67 | 4 | / |
| Palvos | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pulves | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ploves | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pelvso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Palavs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pilevs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilvsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plevis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelves | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pulvis | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pylväs
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