Pailava Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Pailava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pailava (15) may also be a first name.
Pailava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pailava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pailava (Marathi: पैलवान) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pailava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pailava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Pailava live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Pailava is most prevalent in: Gulf, where 96 percent live and National Capital District, where 4 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pailava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pailava in the Marathi language | ||
| पैलवान | pailavana | - |
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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 Pailava
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