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 held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Palañas. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palanas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palanas is the 152,471st most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,525,137 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 3,487,849th most common forename world-wide It is held by 11 people.
Palanas is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,869 people, or 1 in 35,287. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Northern Mindanao, where 20 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 14 percent reside and Eastern Visayas, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines Palanas exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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