Palayyan Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Palayyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palayyan (509) may also be a first name.
Palayyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palayyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palayyan is found most in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palayyan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Palayyan live; 55 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 375,029th most common given name throughout the world, held by 509 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 73 percent live, Delhi, where 9 percent live and Maharashtra, where 9 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 36 percent live and The Maldives, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaiyan | 88 | 93 | / |
| Palaayan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Palayyam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Palayohan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palayon | 80 | 589 | / |
| Paljyan | 80 | 22 | / |
| Palauan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palagian | 75 | 50 | / |
| Polaiyan | 75 | 9 | / |
| Paulayon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palaiyam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palajhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palajian | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pallayon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palaaund | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palean | 71 | 693 | / |
| Paljan | 71 | 64 | / |
| Palaon | 71 | 14 | / |
| Patlajean | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pailagian | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pagliauan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palaheyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palijan | 67 | 434 | / |
| Palihan | 67 | 58 | / |
| Polyhan | 67 | 31 | / |
| Palaong | 67 | 13 | / |
| Paljhan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Paljang | 67 | 5 | / |
| Polauan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Palahon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paglilauan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phaljan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paulean | 67 | 2 | / |
| Palaone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paloyon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paljain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palajon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phalean | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Palayyan
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