Palyekar Surname
Approximately 2,845 people bear this surname
Palyekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,758 | 1:278,124 | 15,833 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Palyekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palyekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palyekar (Marathi: पालयेकर) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Palyekar.
How Common Is The Last Name Palyekar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 154,330th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,561,528 people. The surname Palyekar is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palyekar are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Luso-South Asia.
The surname Palyekar is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 2,758 people, or 1 in 278,124. In India Palyekar is primarily concentrated in: Goa, where 71 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 28 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Other than India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palayekar | 94 | 75 | / |
| Paliyekar | 94 | 22 | / |
| Paleyekar | 94 | 5 | / |
| Pallyekar | 94 | 4 | / |
| Paliekar | 88 | 11 | / |
| Paleikar | 88 | 3 | / |
| Paleykar | 88 | 2 | / |
| Paliykar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Palaykar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Paleyakar | 82 | 12 | / |
| Palejakar | 82 | 6 | / |
| Palayakar | 82 | 4 | / |
| Palawekar | 82 | 2 | / |
| Paliyakar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Paliyakkar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Palajkar | 75 | 10 | / |
| Palaukar | 75 | 9 | / |
| Palaikar | 75 | 5 | / |
| Paliecar | 75 | 3 | / |
| Palujkar | 75 | 2 | / |
| Palajakar | 71 | 116 | / |
| Palujakar | 71 | 2 | / |
| Polaikar | 63 | 4 | / |
| Poloukarova | 53 | 1 | / |
Palyekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palyekar in the Marathi language | ||
| पालयेकर | palayekara | 90.5 |
| पाळयेकर | palayekara | 2.56 |
| येकर | yekara | 2.37 |
| पालमेकर | palamekara | 0.73 |
| पालेकर | palekara | 0.73 |
| पायलेकर | payalekara | 0.18 |
| पलयेकर | palayekara | 0.18 |
| पालेयकर | paleyakara | 0.18 |
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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 Palyekar
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