Lalai Surname
Approximately 1,608 people bear this surname
Lalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 483 | 1:366,755 | 19,624 |
| Papua New Guinea | 279 | 1:29,225 | 3,338 |
| Pakistan | 149 | 1:1,198,952 | 14,366 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| Thailand | 124 | 1:569,664 | 97,190 |
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Lalai (7,342) may also be a first name.
Lalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lalai (Bengali: লালই, Hindi: ललई, Marathi: ललई, Oriya: ଲାଲାଇ, Russian: Лалаи) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lalai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 247,354th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,532,056 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Lalai live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 75,186th most numerous given name globally It is held by 7,342 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 366,755. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 61 percent live, Jigawa, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 35 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lalai in the Hindi language | ||
| ललई | lala'i | 95.46 |
| ललइ | lala'i | 2.54 |
| ललाई | lala'i | 0.6 |
| लालई | lala'i | 0.5 |
| लालाी | lalai | 0.33 |
| लालाई | lala'i | 0.1 |
| लालइ | lala'i | 0.1 |
| ललाी | lalai | 0.07 |
| ललि | lali | 0.03 |
| लालै | lalai | 0.03 |
| लालि | lali | 0.03 |
| लल्ली | lalli | 0.03 |
| Lalai in the Bengali language | ||
| লালই | lala'i | 71.43 |
| ললই | lala'i | 14.29 |
| লালাই | lala'i | 14.29 |
| Lalai in the Marathi language | ||
| ललई | lala'i | 61.46 |
| लालाई | lala'i | 13.02 |
| लालई | lala'i | 8.85 |
| ललाई | lala'i | 7.29 |
| लाले | lale | 3.13 |
| लाली | lali | 2.6 |
| लालाऩी | lalani | 1.04 |
| लाळै | lalai | 1.04 |
| ललज़ी | lalazi | 0.52 |
| लालाज़ी | lalazi | 0.52 |
| ललै | lalai | 0.52 |
| Lalai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାଲାଇ | lala'i | 50 |
| ଲଲାଇ | lala'i | 25 |
| ଲଲଇ | lala'i | 12.5 |
| ଲାଲଇ | lala'i | 12.5 |
| Lalai in the Russian language | ||
| Лалаи | lalai | - |
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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 Lalai
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