Palaï Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Palaï Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
The alternate forms: Palai (18,047) & Pálai (1) are calculated separately.
Palaï Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaï Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaï is found most frequently in Chad. It may occur as: Palai or Pálai. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaï? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 625,459th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Palaï reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Apart from Chad this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Togo, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Palaï
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