Polaiah Surname
Approximately 1,137 people bear this surname
Polaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,128 | 1:680,023 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Polaiah (22,340) may also be a first name.
Polaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polaiah (Marathi: पचालैः) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polaiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 326,779th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,409,451 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Polaiah reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 34,789th most prevalent given name globally, borne by 22,340 people.
The surname Polaiah is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1,128 people, or 1 in 680,023. In India Polaiah is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 94 percent live, Telangana, where 5 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 1 percent live. Besides India it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| पचालैः | pacalaih | 50 |
| पोलाईया | pola'iya | 50 |
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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 Polaiah
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