Palahan Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Palahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 168 | 1:420,466 | 73,628 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palahan (24) may also be a first name.
Palahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palahan (Hindi: पालहन, Marathi: पलहन) is found most in Thailand. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palahan is the 1,263,456th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Palahan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Palahan is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used given name internationally, held by 24 people.
The surname is most common in Thailand, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 420,466. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Nakhon Nayok Province, where 29 percent live, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 21 percent live and Bangkok, where 11 percent live. Aside from Thailand it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palahan in the Marathi language | ||
| पलहन | palahana | - |
| Palahan in the Hindi language | ||
| पालहन | palahana | 50 |
| पलहां | palaham | 50 |
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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 Palahan
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