Palaah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Palaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Palaah (37) may also be a first name.
Palaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaah is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Palaah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palaah reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 43 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palaah is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 37 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 10,717,728. In Afghanistan Palaah is most prevalent in: Badakhshan, where 67 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 33 percent are found. Other than Afghanistan it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 43 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Palaah
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