Palha Surname
Approximately 4,555 people bear this surname
Palha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Portugal | 1,236 | 1:8,429 | 753 |
| Brazil | 1,124 | 1:190,458 | 7,341 |
| India | 301 | 1:2,548,390 | 80,848 |
| Pakistan | 57 | 1:3,134,103 | 24,953 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Mozambique | 49 | 1:556,359 | 1,404 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Palha (256) may also be a first name.
Palha Demographics
Average Palha Salary in
United States
$20,900 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Palha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palha (Hindi: पलहा, Marathi: पाळहा, Oriya: ପାଲହ) is more commonly found in Angola than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 103,279th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,599,900 people. The last name Palha occurs mostly in Africa, where 37 percent of Palha live; 37 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 556,659th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 256 people.
This last name is most frequent in Angola, where it is carried by 1,578 people, or 1 in 17,103. Not including Angola Palha occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 25 percent are found.
Palha Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Palha earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 51.56% less than the national average, earning $20,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $55,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palha in the Hindi language | ||
| पलहा | palaha | 74.29 |
| पाल्हा | pal'ha | 17.14 |
| पल्हा | pal'ha | 8.57 |
| Palha in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲହ | palaha | 46.15 |
| ପାହ | paha | 23.08 |
| ପାଲ୍ହା | pal'ha | 15.38 |
| ପାଲ | pala | 7.69 |
| ପଲ୍ହ | pal'ha | 7.69 |
| Palha in the Marathi language | ||
| पाळहा | palaha | 33.33 |
| पाला | pala | 16.67 |
| पाल | pala | 16.67 |
| पलहा | palaha | 16.67 |
| पाळा | pala | 16.67 |
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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 Palha
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