Palakar Surname
Approximately 1,847 people bear this surname
Palakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,842 | 1:416,431 | 21,876 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Palakar (106) may also be a first name.
Palakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palakar (Hindi: पालकार, Marathi: पालकर, Oriya: ପାଲାକର) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palakar? popularity and diffusion
Palakar is the 221,035th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,945,612 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palakar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 915,176th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 106 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,842 people, or 1 in 416,431. In India Palakar is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 59 percent live, Gujarat, where 24 percent live and Maharashtra, where 15 percent live. Other than India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palakar in the Marathi language | ||
| पालकर | palakara | 85.43 |
| पलकर | palakara | 2.72 |
| पाळकर | palakara | 1.98 |
| पळकर | palakara | 1.98 |
| पालेकर | palekara | 1.48 |
| पालाकर | palakara | 0.99 |
| पालकार | palakara | 0.99 |
| पालक | palaka | 0.49 |
| पाऴकर | palakara | 0.49 |
| पऴकर | palakara | 0.49 |
| पालेाकर | paleakara | 0.49 |
| िदनकर | idanakara | 0.49 |
| Palakar in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲାକର | palakara | 37.5 |
| ପାଲାକାର | palakara | 25 |
| ପାଳାକର | palakara | 12.5 |
| ପାଳକର | palakara | 12.5 |
| ପାଲକର | palakara | 12.5 |
| Palakar in the Hindi language | ||
| पालकार | palakara | 33.33 |
| पालकर | palakara | 33.33 |
| पलकार | palakara | 33.33 |
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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 Palakar
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