Palayur Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Palayur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palayur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India241:31,961,058386,265
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Palayur (13) may also be a first name.

Palayur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Palayur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Palayur (Marathi: पालायुर, Oriya: ପାଲାୟୁର୍) is most common in India. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Palayur click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palayur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Palayur occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Palayur reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palayur is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename globally, held by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 46 percent are found, Karnataka, where 21 percent are found and Kerala, where 17 percent are found. Barring India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palayur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palayur in the Oriya language
ପାଲାୟୁର୍palayur-
Palayur in the Marathi language
पालायुरpalayura66.67
पालायुराहमpalayurahama16.67
पलायुरpalayura16.67

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Palayur
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis