Cholai Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Cholai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Iran | 66 | 1:1,163,372 | 50,804 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cholai (417) may also be a first name.
Cholai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cholai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cholai (Hindi: चोलई, Marathi: चोलई) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cholai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,085,744th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Cholai are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Cholai is also the 420,947th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 417 people.
Cholai is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 59,516. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Manus, where 46 percent live, National Capital District, where 16 percent live and Morobe, where 13 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 29 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cholai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cholai in the Hindi language | ||
| चोलई | cola'i | 93.78 |
| चोलइ | cola'i | 3.83 |
| चोलाई | cola'i | 1.91 |
| छोलई | chola'i | 0.48 |
| Cholai in the Marathi language | ||
| चोलई | cola'i | 77.78 |
| चोळै | colai | 14.81 |
| चोलाई | cola'i | 7.41 |
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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 Cholai
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