Pentaiah Surname

100,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Pentaiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pentaiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4,6861:163,69310,176
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Pentaiah (30,110) may also be a first name.

Pentaiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pentaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pentaiah (Marathi: पेन्तैया) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pentaiah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 100,639th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,553,185 people. The surname Pentaiah is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pentaiah are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 27,804th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 30,110 people.

Pentaiah is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 4,686 people, or 1 in 163,693. In India Pentaiah is most frequent in: Telangana, where 90 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent live and Odisha, where 0 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penthaiah945/
Penttaiah943/
Bpentaiah941/
Ppentaiah941/
Pntaiah931/
Pentaia931/
Pentayah8814/
Penthaia884/
Pentaiha883/
Penteiah881/
Pintaiah881/
Pentaa8641/
Pentai8621/
Penthaiha821/
Penthai80581/
Pentaya80154/
Pentaji8057/
Pentaiy8033/
Pentais8011/
Pentayi802/
Pientai801/
Paenthai75607/
Pienthai7587/
Penthaya756/
Penttaya752/
Penteyah751/
Pientaio751/
Pentaaya751/
Pentea71294/
Pentau71126/
Pentie7183/
Pentei7168/
Pentoi7116/
Pintai7115/
Pentay713/
Pentae711/
Pentij711/
Penthei678,810/
Penthoi673,235/
Pentiya6736/
Pintaai6733/
Penteya6730/
Pintaya6730/
Pentoji6726/
Penthui6724/
Penteas6716/
Penthou679/
Penthoe679/
Pentijo679/
Pinthai676/
Pentoja676/
Penthee673/
Pentheu671/
Paentea671/
Penteii671/
Pintaja671/
Pentoya671/
Pientea671/
Pintaiy671/
Pinttaa671/
Pentiye671/
Pintaay671/
Pentoid670/

Pentaiah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pentaiah in the Marathi language
पेन्तैयाpentaiya50
पेन्तैःpentaih50

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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 Pentaiah
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