Paly Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Paly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| France | 346 | 1:191,973 | 29,874 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| Indonesia | 75 | 1:1,763,323 | 114,023 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| Switzerland | 46 | 1:178,542 | 16,145 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Pály (20) & Palý (4) are calculated separately.
Paly (4,331) may also be a first name.
Paly Demographics
Average Paly Salary in
United States
$50,045 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Paly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paly (Bengali: পালি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻟﻲ, Hindi: पाले) occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Pály or Palý. For other possible spellings of Paly click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paly? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,736th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. Paly occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Paly live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Paly is also the 105,023rd most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 4,331 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Other than Togo Paly occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in France, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Paly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Paly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Paly surname increased 414 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Paly Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Paly surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Paly earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 20.07% less than the national average, earning R 189,948 per year; in United States they earn 15.98% more than the national average, earning $50,045 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.06% less than the national average, earning $40,212 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻟﻲ | baly | - |
| Paly in the Hindi language | ||
| पाले | pale | - |
| Paly in the Bengali language | ||
| পালি | pali | 50 |
| পলি | pali | 50 |
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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 Paly
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