Palaganas Surname

62,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,028 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Guam

Palaganas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palaganas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7,2471:13,9701,492
United States3221:1,125,64981,111
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Canada511:722,46357,796
Guam331:4,852643
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
England11:55,718,059489,080
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Palaganas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palaganas is most common in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palaganas? popularity and diffusion

Palaganas is the 62,522nd most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 907,766 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Palaganas are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Palaganas is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 7,247 people, or 1 in 13,970. In The Philippines Palaganas is most frequent in: Ilocos, where 50 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 15 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.

Palaganas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Palaganas surname are 14.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.47% registered with the political party.

The amount Palaganas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.13% more than the national average, earning $46,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.21% less than the national average, earning $41,627 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palanganas951/
Palagana9417/
Palangana8934/
Palaganos8914/
Palaganad892/
Palagonas891/
Palaganap891/
Palanggana844/
Palagano82504/
Polagana8232/
Palagona822/
Polaganga783/
Pallagano781/
Palangano781/
Polagona711/
Phologana671/
Polagonna671/
Palagueino631/

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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 Palaganas
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