Palaa Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Palaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 250 | 1:3,068,262 | 91,248 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Mongolia | 39 | 1:72,443 | 5,369 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Palaa (243) may also be a first name.
Palaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaa (Marathi: पलाए, Oriya: ପାଳଆ, Russian: Палаа) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 786,896th most widespread last name globally, borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Palaa live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Palaa is also the 573,164th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 243 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 3,068,262. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 48 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 47 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live. Apart from India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Mongolia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaa in the Marathi language | ||
| पलाए | pala'e | 66.67 |
| पाल | pala | 33.33 |
| Palaa in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଳଆ | pala'a | 33.33 |
| ପାଲଆ | pala'a | 33.33 |
| ପଲାଆ | pala'a | 33.33 |
| Palaa in the Russian language | ||
| Палаа | palaa | - |
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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 Palaa
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