Palamas Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Palamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 160 | 1:69,249 | 11,632 |
| Cyprus | 87 | 1:10,171 | 1,176 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Palamaš (5) are calculated separately.
Palamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palamas (Russian: Паламас) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Palamaš. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palamas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 835,661st most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Palamas live; 75 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Greece, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 69,249. In Greece it is mostly found in: Western Macedonia, where 38 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 32 percent live and Attica, where 26 percent live. Besides Greece this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 26 percent live and Iran, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palamas in the Russian language | ||
| Паламас | palamas | - |
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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 Palamas
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