Chalai Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Chalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chalai (352) may also be a first name.
Chalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalai (Bengali: ছালই, Hindi: चलाई, Marathi: चलई, Oriya: ଚାଲାଇ) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Chalai occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Chalai are found; 48 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Chalai is also the 464,438th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 352 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,502,944. In Thailand Chalai is mostly found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 70 percent are found, Nonthaburi Province, where 15 percent are found and Bangkok, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Thailand it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent are found and Ukraine, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalai in the Marathi language | ||
| चलई | cala'i | - |
| Chalai in the Hindi language | ||
| चलाई | cala'i | 75 |
| चलई | cala'i | 25 |
| Chalai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାଲାଇ | cala'i | 75 |
| ଚଲାଈ | cala'i | 25 |
| Chalai in the Bengali language | ||
| ছালই | chala'i | 33.33 |
| চালাই | cala'i | 33.33 |
| চলই | cala'i | 33.33 |
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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 Chalai
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