Polayah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Polayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Polayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polayah is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Polayah are found; 56 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Kedah, where 20 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 20 percent live and Perak, where 20 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Polayah
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