Palaye Surname
Approximately 1,782 people bear this surname
Palaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| India | 742 | 1:1,033,781 | 43,247 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Palaye (165) may also be a first name.
Palaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaye (Hindi: पलाये, Marathi: पालये, Oriya: ପାଳାେୟା) is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaye? popularity and diffusion
Palaye is the 227,600th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,089,532 people. The last name Palaye is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Palaye reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 712,876th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 165 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Chad, where it is held by 963 people, or 1 in 14,114. Excluding Chad this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 42 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaye in the Hindi language | ||
| पलाये | palaye | - |
| Palaye in the Marathi language | ||
| पालये | palaye | 79.13 |
| पलये | palaye | 13.47 |
| पलाये | palaye | 3.8 |
| पािलये | pailaye | 0.57 |
| पाळये | palaye | 0.57 |
| पालेय | paleya | 0.38 |
| पालथे | palathe | 0.19 |
| पालचे | palace | 0.19 |
| Palaye in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଳାେୟା | palaeya | 33.33 |
| ପଲାଏ | pala'e | 33.33 |
| ପାଳେୟ | paleya | 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 Palaye
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