Palaba Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Palaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palaba (84) may also be a first name.
Palaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaba (Marathi: पलाबा, Oriya: ପାଲବା) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palaba is the 786,896th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Palaba are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 84 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaba in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲବା | palaba | - |
| Palaba in the Marathi language | ||
| पलाबा | palaba | - |
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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 Palaba
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