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
Cholai (Hindi: चोलई, Marathi: चोलई) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cholai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cholai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cholai is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Cholai reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 420,947th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 417 people.
The last name Cholai is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 59,516. In Papua New Guinea Cholai is primarily found in: Manus, where 46 percent reside, National Capital District, where 16 percent reside and Morobe, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 29 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
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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