Palagay Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Palagay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
Palagay (18) may also be a first name.
Palagay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palagay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palagay (Hindi: पालगया, Russian: Палагай) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palagay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palagay is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Palagay are found; 39 percent are found in South Asia and 39 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Palagay is also the 2,608,198th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 95 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 39 percent live and Russia, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palagay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palagay in the Hindi language | ||
| पालगया | palagaya | - |
| Palagay in the Russian language | ||
| Палагай | palagaj | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Palagay
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