Palaistis Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Palaistis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 39 | 1:284,097 | 42,188 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palaistis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaistis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaistis is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Palaistis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaistis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Palaistis are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Palaistis is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 284,097. In Greece Palaistis is primarily found in: Central Macedonia, where 87 percent are found, Attica, where 10 percent are found and Epirus, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Greece this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Palaistis
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