Palih Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Palih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 206 | 1:867,203 | 11,961 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
Palih (285) may also be a first name.
Palih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palih (Hindi: पलिहा, Oriya: ପାଲିହ) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palih? popularity and diffusion
Palih is the 876,631st most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname Palih is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palih live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 524,196th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 285 people.
It is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 867,203. In Pakistan Palih is mostly found in: Punjab, where 97 percent reside and Balochistan, where 3 percent reside. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palih in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲିହ | paliha | - |
| Palih in the Hindi language | ||
| पलिहा | paliha | 95.45 |
| पालिहा | paliha | 2.27 |
| पालीह | paliha | 2.27 |
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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 Palih
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