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 surname Palaja (Marathi: पालजा, Oriya: ପାଲଜା) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. Palaja is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Palaja are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 293,584th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 781 people.
The last name Palaja is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 22,560,747. In India Palaja is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 74 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 15 percent are found and Odisha, where 9 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
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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