Palanas Surname
Approximately 2,886 people bear this surname
Palanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,869 | 1:35,287 | 5,375 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Palañas (1) are calculated separately.
Palanas (11) may also be a first name.
Palanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palanas is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Palañas. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palanas? popularity and diffusion
Palanas is the 152,471st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,525,137 people. The surname Palanas is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palanas are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Palanas is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,869 people, or 1 in 35,287. In The Philippines Palanas is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 20 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 14 percent are found and Eastern Visayas, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Palanas
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