Pelai Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Pelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Pelai (121) may also be a first name.
Pelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelai (Hindi: पेलई, Marathi: पेलाई, Oriya: େପଲାଇ) is most common in Brazil. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,343,156th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Pelai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 37 percent of Pelai reside; 34 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 27 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 848,089th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 121 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,865,326. In Brazil Pelai is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 70 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent are found and Rondônia, where 7 percent are found. Barring Brazil it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelai in the Hindi language | ||
| पेलई | pela'i | - |
| Pelai in the Marathi language | ||
| पेलाई | pela'i | - |
| Pelai in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଲାଇ | epala'i | 50 |
| େପାଲାଇ | epala'i | 25 |
| େପଲଇ | epala'i | 25 |
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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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- 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 Pelai
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