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
Chalai (Bengali: ছালই, Hindi: चलाई, Marathi: चलई, Oriya: ଚାଲାଇ) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chalai is the 1,839,022nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Chalai live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 464,438th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 352 people.
The last name is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,502,944. In Thailand Chalai is mostly concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 70 percent live, Nonthaburi Province, where 15 percent live and Bangkok, where 2 percent live. Apart from Thailand Chalai is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 44 percent live and Ukraine, where 4 percent live.
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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