Palavai Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Palavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 348 | 1:2,204,211 | 73,357 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palavai (46) may also be a first name.
Palavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palavai (Hindi: पालवाई, Marathi: पालवई) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Palavai.
How Common Is The Last Name Palavai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 802,733rd most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palavai reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname Palavai is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 2,204,211. In India Palavai is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 51 percent are found, Telangana, where 46 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palavai in the Marathi language | ||
| पालवई | palava'i | - |
| Palavai in the Hindi language | ||
| पालवाई | palava'i | 33.33 |
| पलावाई | palava'i | 33.33 |
| पलवाई | palava'i | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Palavai
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