Palaia Surname
Approximately 2,142 people bear this surname
Palaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1,230 | 1:49,721 | 8,935 |
| United States | 515 | 1:703,804 | 55,627 |
| Brazil | 121 | 1:1,769,209 | 57,430 |
| Argentina | 105 | 1:407,080 | 31,114 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Palaïa (1) are calculated separately.
Palaia (13) may also be a first name.
Palaia Demographics
Average Palaia Salary in
United States
$47,592 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Palaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaia (Hindi: पलडि़या) is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Palaïa. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palaia is the 195,808th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,402,216 people. Palaia occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Palaia reside; 57 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 13 people.
The surname Palaia is most widespread in Italy, where it is borne by 1,230 people, or 1 in 49,721. In Italy Palaia is most prevalent in: Calabria, where 65 percent live, Lazio, where 11 percent live and Lombardy, where 9 percent live. Aside from Italy this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.
Palaia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Palaia last name are 7.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.05% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Palaia earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 15.47% less than the national average, earning €25,385 per year and in United States they earn 10.3% more than the national average, earning $47,592 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaia in the Hindi language | ||
| पलडि़या | paladiya | - |
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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 Palaia
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