Palanga Surname
Approximately 9,784 people bear this surname
Palanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 5,040 | 1:1,438 | 143 |
| DR Congo | 2,114 | 1:34,948 | 4,333 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Romania | 210 | 1:95,609 | 10,943 |
| Zambia | 198 | 1:80,050 | 6,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 174 | 1:46,860 | 5,817 |
| India | 117 | 1:6,556,114 | 148,695 |
| Turkey | 53 | 1:1,468,329 | 57,819 |
| Italy | 50 | 1:1,223,134 | 75,323 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Palangă (31) & Palangã (1) are calculated separately.
Palanga (1,069) may also be a first name.
Palanga Demographics
Average Palanga Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Palanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palanga (Hindi: पलंगा, Oriya: ପାଳ) is more commonly found in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Palangă or Palangã. For other possible spellings of Palanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,312th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 744,843 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Palanga reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Palanga is also the 244,625th most frequent first name on earth, held by 1,069 people.
The last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is held by 5,040 people, or 1 in 1,438. Other than Togo it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Angola, where 16 percent reside.
Palanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Palanga surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Palanga are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Palanga earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 27.61% less than the national average, earning €21,740 per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palanga in the Hindi language | ||
| पलंगा | palanga | - |
| Palanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଳ | pala | 50 |
| ପାଲ | pala | 42.19 |
| ପାଲା | pala | 2.15 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 0.78 |
| ପାଳଂଗ | palanga | 0.78 |
| ପାଲଂଗ | palanga | 0.59 |
| ପାଲାକା | palaka | 0.2 |
| େମେଲକା | emelaka | 0.2 |
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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 Palanga
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