Palakyan Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Palakyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palakyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia1581:18,5451,266
Russia971:1,485,805102,006
Belarus231:413,09041,560
Georgia121:312,12914,385

Palakyan Last Name Facts

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

Palakyan (Georgian: პალაკიანი, Russian: Палакян) occurs most in Armenia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Palakyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Palakyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 914,967th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Palakyan are found; 59 percent are found in West Asia and 54 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.

The last name Palakyan is most frequent in Armenia, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 18,545. In Armenia it is most frequent in: Lori Province, where 80 percent reside, Yerevan, where 15 percent reside and Shirak Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Armenia Palakyan occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent reside and Belarus, where 8 percent reside.

Palakyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Palakyan last name is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Palakyan last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paylakyan943/
Palakian8836/
Polakyan881/
Palakkian828/
Pailakian828/
Polakian7525/
Palekian751/
Polakiang711/
Paladkjoon671/
Polokian632/
Palacián632/

Palakyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palakyan in the Georgian language
პალაკიანიpalakiani87.5
პალაკიანpalakian12.5
Palakyan in the Russian language
Палакянpalakan-

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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 Palakyan
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