Jelai Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Jelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 274 | 1:107,643 | 7,260 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Jelai (233) may also be a first name.
Jelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jelai (Hindi: जेलाई, Marathi: जेळै, Oriya: େଜଲଇ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 846,108th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name Jelai occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Jelai are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jelai is also the 587,225th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 233 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 107,643. In Malaysia Jelai is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 87 percent live, Johor, where 5 percent live and Perak, where 4 percent live. Other than Malaysia Jelai exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jelai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jelai in the Hindi language | ||
| जेलाई | jela'i | - |
| Jelai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଲଇ | ejala'i | - |
| Jelai in the Marathi language | ||
| जेळै | jelai | - |
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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 Jelai
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