Polaya Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Polaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Polaya (90) may also be a first name.
Polaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polaya (Marathi: पोळया, Oriya: େପାଲାୟା, Russian: Полая) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Polaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,310,135th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. Polaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Polaya live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most common forename in the world It is held by 90 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 4,948,809. In India Polaya is most prevalent in: Odisha, where 96 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Other than India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 5 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଲାୟା | epalaya | 90.99 |
| େପାଲୟା | epalaya | 3.6 |
| େପାଳୟା | epalaya | 0.9 |
| େପାଳାୟା | epalaya | 0.9 |
| େମଲାକା | emalaka | 0.9 |
| େପାେଲୟା | epaelaya | 0.9 |
| Polaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पोळया | polaya | 33.33 |
| पोलाया | polaya | 33.33 |
| पोलयया | polayaya | 16.67 |
| पोलंया | polanya | 16.67 |
| Polaya in the Russian language | ||
| Полая | polaa | - |
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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 Polaya
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