Family name Палай (Palai 
, Palay 
, Палай 
) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Палай is habitual in Botswana, where it is quite a common surname, Oman, where it is quite a rare surname, and Philippines. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Philippines, and Botswana. Much less frequently, Палай is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Palai | Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, India, Myanmar |
| Palay | Saudi Arabia, Philippines, United States, India, Myanmar |
| Палай | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus |
| палай андрій йосипович Ukrainian military personnel (1985-2015), UA (b. 1985) |
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