Palabas Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Palabas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palabas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: Palabaş (237) are calculated separately.

Palabas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Palabas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Palabas occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Palabaş. For other potential spellings of Palabas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palabas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palabas is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Palabas live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Palabas is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany Palabas is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.

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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 Palabas
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