Palakam Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Palakam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Palakam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Palakam (1,071) may also be a first name.

Palakam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palakam (Hindi: पलक, Oriya: ପାଲକମ) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palakam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Palakam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palakam live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Palakam is also the 244,349th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,071 people.

The surname Palakam is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Palakam is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 55 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 36 percent live and Maharashtra, where 5 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palakham933/
Palyakam931/
Phalaukam881/
Polakam86557/
Palacam8692/
Palakom861/
Poolakam804/
Palakome803/
Pallekam801/
Paleekham751/
Phalhekam751/
Phalekham751/
Polacam713/
Palecam713/
Phaleekham711/
Palekom711/
Polokam711/
Pallecam671/
Potlogcam502/
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Palakam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palakam in the Hindi language
पलकpalaka-
Palakam in the Oriya language
ପାଲକମpalakama-

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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 Palakam
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