Palandu Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Palandu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Palandu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia591:2,241,512136,522
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Palandu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palandu is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palandu? popularity and diffusion

Palandu is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Palandu live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 2,241,512. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Central Sulawesi, where 97 percent are found and North Sulawesi, where 3 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Palandu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palanduz93127/
Pallandu931/
Paslandau883/
Palandouz881/
Polandu867/
Pelandou8058/
Polandou806/
Pallandoe752/
Pelondou6735/
Polondus670/

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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 Palandu
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