Palanfo Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Palanfo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
Palanfo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palanfo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palanfo occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palanfo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palanfo is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Palanfo live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 917,605. In Burkina Faso Palanfo is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 40 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 40 percent are found and Sud-Ouest Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 23 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 Palanfo
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