Pollai Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Pollai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 408 | 1:1,880,062 | 65,813 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Póllai (56) are calculated separately.
Pollai (21) may also be a first name.
Pollai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pollai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pollai (Marathi: पोलाई, Oriya: େପାଲାଇ) occurs most in India. It can also be found as a variant: Póllai. For other potential spellings of Pollai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pollai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 695,980th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pollai reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held given name in the world, held by 21 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 408 people, or 1 in 1,880,062. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 48 percent live, Odisha, where 32 percent live and Telangana, where 8 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pollai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pollai in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଲାଇ | epala'i | 72.37 |
| େପାେଲଇ | epaela'i | 13.16 |
| ପଲାଇ | pala'i | 7.89 |
| ପେଲଇ | pela'i | 5.26 |
| Pollai in the Marathi language | ||
| पोलाई | pola'i | 66.67 |
| पोाई | poa'i | 33.33 |
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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 Pollai
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