Jalau Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Jalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Jalau (241) may also be a first name.
Jalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jalau (Bengali: জালাউ, Hindi: जलाऊ, Marathi: जळऊ) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Jalau is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Jalau are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jalau is also the 575,894th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 241 people.
It is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 867,477. In Malaysia Jalau is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 88 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 9 percent are found and Sabah, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia Jalau exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalau in the Bengali language | ||
| জালাউ | jala'u | - |
| Jalau in the Hindi language | ||
| जलाऊ | jala'u | 51.85 |
| जलाउ | jala'u | 40.74 |
| जलऊ | jala'u | 7.41 |
| Jalau in the Marathi language | ||
| जळऊ | jala'u | 40 |
| जलाऊ | jala'u | 40 |
| जलाउ | jala'u | 20 |
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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 Jalau
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