Palaić Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Palaić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 235 | 1:17,994 | 3,671 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
The alternate forms: Palaic (35) are calculated separately.
Palaić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palaić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Palaic. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaić? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,038,570th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Palaić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Palaić is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 17,994. In Croatia it is most common in: Sisak-Moslavina County, where 47 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 16 percent reside and Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Palaić
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