Palangan Surname
Approximately 1,253 people bear this surname
Palangan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 962 | 1:105,237 | 18,309 |
| Indonesia | 249 | 1:531,121 | 43,021 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Palangan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palangan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palangan (Oriya: ପାଳ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palangan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 302,831st most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,816,078 people. The last name Palangan occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Palangan are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Palangan is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 962 people, or 1 in 105,237. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 51 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 10 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 9 percent live. Besides The Philippines it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palangan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palangan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଳ | pala | - |
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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 Palangan
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