Palagan Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Palagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1061:1,247,63487,669
Philippines471:2,154,005122,929
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Palagan (47) may also be a first name.

Palagan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palagan (Oriya: ପାଲଗଂ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Palagan.

How Common Is The Last Name Palagan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,155,901st most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. Palagan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Palagan reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Palagan is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.

The last name Palagan is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Banten, where 67 percent are found, West Java, where 24 percent are found and Central Java, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Palagan is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and Argentina, where 14 percent are found.

Palagan Last Name Statistics demography

Palagan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.71% less than the national average, earning R 117,132 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palagan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palagan in the Oriya language
ପାଲଗଂpalagam-

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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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  • 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 Palagan
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