Palanda Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Malawi

Palanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1881:207,65616,436
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Indonesia861:1,537,781102,932
Tanzania411:1,291,25946,697
Zambia201:792,49627,807
United States101:36,245,893832,629
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Palanda (16) may also be a first name.

Palanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palanda (Marathi: पालांडा) is found most in Uganda. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Palanda is the 655,080th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Palanda are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 34 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Palanda is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 16 people.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 207,656. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Adjumani District, where 84 percent reside, Moyo District, where 14 percent reside and Masaka District, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.

Palanda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Palanda has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Palanda surname expanded 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palanda Last Name Statistics demography

Palanda earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 90.44% less than the national average, earning $4,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palanda in the Marathi language
पालांडाpalanda50
पलांडेpalande50

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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 Palanda
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