Palaiah Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Palaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 222 | 1:3,455,249 | 98,719 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Palaiah (784) may also be a first name.
Palaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaiah (Marathi: पलाईहा) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Palaiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaiah? popularity and diffusion
Palaiah is the 1,073,555th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Palaiah reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 292,947th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 784 people.
The last name Palaiah is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 3,455,249. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 86 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent reside and Telangana, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account India Palaiah is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| पलाईहा | pala'iha | - |
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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 Palaiah
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