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 in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Palai or Pálai. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaï? popularity and diffusion
Palaï is the 625,459th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Palaï are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most common in Chad, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Apart from Chad this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent live.
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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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