Polai Surname
Approximately 9,643 people bear this surname
Polai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,267 | 1:82,774 | 5,560 |
| Hungary | 130 | 1:75,510 | 7,653 |
| Iran | 88 | 1:872,529 | 42,309 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Pólai (10) are calculated separately.
Polai (603) may also be a first name.
Polai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polai (Hindi: पोलई, Marathi: पोलाई, Oriya: େପାଲାଇ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pólai. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Polai is the 53,032nd most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 755,734 people. The last name Polai is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Polai live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Polai is also the 340,376th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 603 people.
Polai is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 9,267 people, or 1 in 82,774. In India Polai is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 84 percent live, West Bengal, where 6 percent live and Gujarat, where 5 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 1 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polai in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଲାଇ | epala'i | 90.55 |
| େପାଳାଇ | epala'i | 3.02 |
| ପେଲଇ | pela'i | 0.67 |
| ପଲାଇ | pala'i | 0.44 |
| ପେଲଈ | pela'i | 0.04 |
| ପୁଲି | puli | 0.02 |
| ପେଲାଇ | pela'i | 0.02 |
| ପୁଳୀ | puli | 0.02 |
| Polai in the Hindi language | ||
| पोलई | pola'i | 86.89 |
| पोलइ | pola'i | 6.56 |
| पोलाई | pola'i | 4.92 |
| पोलै | polai | 1.64 |
| Polai in the Marathi language | ||
| पोलाई | pola'i | 62.39 |
| पोलई | pola'i | 28.44 |
| पोलै | polai | 5.5 |
| पोळै | polai | 1.83 |
| पोळी | poli | 1.83 |
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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 Polai
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