Palalagi Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Palalagi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palalagi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Palalagi Last Name Facts

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

Palalagi is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palalagi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,061,309th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Palalagi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Palalagi live; 98 percent live in Australasia and 98 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Palalagi is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 67,587. In New Zealand Palalagi is primarily found in: Auckland Region, where 73 percent live, Canterbury Region, where 15 percent live and Bay of Plenty Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from New Zealand this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palalangi9414/
Balalagi884/
Pal Lagi881/
Palalage881/
Palaloga75198/
Balolagi7519/
Plailegi756/
Balalage751/
Bilalagi751/
Balulagi751/
Pallawalage744/
Palolongi715/
Bulalagie711/
Bhalolagi711/
Balilgi671/
Plulage671/
Balolage632,164/
Belalgia636/
Belulagi634/
Balulage631/
Belelagi631/
Paleologe591/
Bola-Lge501/

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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 Palalagi
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