Palangas Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

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

Palangas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palangas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Palangas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palangas occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Palangas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palangas? popularity and diffusion

Palangas is the 2,979,664th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Palangas are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 58 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: New Ireland, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.

Palangas Last Name Statistics demography

Palangas earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.

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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 Palangas
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