Paulai Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Paulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Paulai (27) may also be a first name.
Paulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paulai (Marathi: पौळै) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Paulai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paulai is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Paulai reside; 48 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 27 people.
The last name Paulai is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 5,510,383. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 29 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 25 percent live and North Maluku, where 25 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 24 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paulai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paulai in the Marathi language | ||
| पौळै | paulai | 66.67 |
| पौलमी | paulami | 33.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Paulai
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