Palaj Surname
Approximately 898 people bear this surname
Palaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 507 | 1:5,748 | 1,088 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| Slovakia | 79 | 1:67,550 | 13,113 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Greece | 48 | 1:230,829 | 35,705 |
| Kosovo | 28 | 1:66,495 | 4,519 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Montenegro | 9 | 1:71,063 | 3,870 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Palaj (105) may also be a first name.
Palaj Demographics
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Palaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palaj (Hindi: पाल, Marathi: पालाज, Oriya: ପଲାଜ) occurs more in Albania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Palaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaj? popularity and diffusion
Palaj is the 393,535th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,115,307 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Palaj live; 66 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 60 percent live in Albano-Europe. It is also the 920,134th most widespread forename on earth, held by 105 people.
This last name is most widely held in Albania, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 5,748. In Albania Palaj is mostly found in: Lezhë County, where 48 percent live, Shkodër County, where 27 percent live and Vlorë County, where 9 percent live. Other than Albania this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Slovakia, where 9 percent live.
Palaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Palaj surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.
Palaj earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.47% more than the national average, earning $51,118 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଲାଜ | palaja | - |
| Palaj in the Hindi language | ||
| पाल | pala | 77.78 |
| पालज | palaja | 22.22 |
| Palaj in the Marathi language | ||
| पालाज | palaja | 42.86 |
| पाळज | palaja | 28.57 |
| पलाज | palaja | 28.57 |
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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 Palaj
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