Ah Lai Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Ah Lai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Lai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia361:819,28437,745
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Ah Lai (491) may also be a first name.

Ah Lai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ah Lai is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Lai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ah Lai are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 383,498th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 491 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 819,284. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sabah, where 33 percent reside, Johor, where 14 percent reside and Kelantan, where 11 percent reside. Other than Malaysia Ah Lai exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Li914/
Ah La911/
Ah Loi8322/
Ah Lay8313/
Ah Lit835/
Ah Lui833/
Ah Lat832/
Ah Lah832/
Ah Lie831/
Ah Lea831/
Ah Lau831/
Ah Lip831/
Ah Laye772/
Ah Lieh771/
Ah Lipp770/
Ah Lee6798/
Ah Loy6717/
Ah Loe6711/
Ah Leh677/
Ah Let672/
Ah Lou671/
Ah Led671/
Ah Les671/
Ah-Ly551/
Ah-Loe507/
Ah-Lee501/
Ah-Loy501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ah Lai
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