Velai Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Velai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Velai (128) may also be a first name.
Velai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Velai (Hindi: वेलई, Marathi: वेलाई) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Velai live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 821,896th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 128 people.
The last name Velai is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 86 percent are found and National Capital District, where 9 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 29 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velai in the Hindi language | ||
| वेलई | vela'i | 91.67 |
| वेलाई | vela'i | 4.17 |
| वेलइ | vela'i | 4.17 |
| Velai in the Marathi language | ||
| वेलाई | vela'i | 66.67 |
| वेलई | vela'i | 25 |
| वामी | vami | 8.33 |
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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 Velai
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