Palaya Surname
Approximately 1,384 people bear this surname
Palaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 966 | 1:104,801 | 18,238 |
| India | 212 | 1:3,618,233 | 101,667 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Palaya (1,537) may also be a first name.
Palaya Demographics
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Palaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaya (Hindi: पलाया, Marathi: पलाया, Oriya: ପଲାୟା, Russian: Палая, Tibetan: པ་ལ་ཡ་) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 279,323rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,265,568 people. The surname Palaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Palaya are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 70 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Palaya is also the 197,820th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,537 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 966 people, or 1 in 104,801. In The Philippines Palaya is mostly found in: Bicol, where 49 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines Palaya occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.
Palaya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Palaya are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Palaya earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.78% more than the national average, earning $56,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaya in the Tibetan language | ||
| པ་ལ་ཡ་ | palaya | - |
| Palaya in the Hindi language | ||
| पलाया | palaya | 86.67 |
| पलय | palaya | 6.67 |
| पालाया | palaya | 6.67 |
| Palaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पलाया | palaya | 61.33 |
| पालाया | palaya | 20 |
| पाल | pala | 5.33 |
| पळाया | palaya | 2.67 |
| पाळया | palaya | 2.67 |
| पलईया | pala'iya | 2.67 |
| पालया | palaya | 2.67 |
| पल | pala | 2.67 |
| Palaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଲାୟା | palaya | 52.27 |
| ପାଲାୟା | palaya | 18.18 |
| ପାଳାୟା | palaya | 11.36 |
| ପାଲୟା | palaya | 6.82 |
| ପାଳୟା | palaya | 4.55 |
| ପଲୟା | palaya | 4.55 |
| ପାଳୟ | palaya | 2.27 |
| Palaya in the Russian language | ||
| Палая | palaa | - |
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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 Palaya
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