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 most frequently in Pakistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palih? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 876,631st most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palih reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Palih is also the 524,196th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 285 people.
The surname Palih is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 867,203. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 97 percent are found and Balochistan, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.
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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