Palaja Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Palaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Palaja (781) may also be a first name.
Palaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaja (Marathi: पालजा, Oriya: ପାଲଜା) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Palaja reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palaja is also the 293,584th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 781 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 22,560,747. In India it is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 74 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 15 percent reside and Odisha, where 9 percent reside. Outside of India this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaja in the Marathi language | ||
| पालजा | palaja | - |
| Palaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲଜା | palaja | 66.67 |
| ସୁପାଲାଜା | supalaja | 33.33 |
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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 Palaja
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