Palania Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1271:797,15176,551
Indonesia611:2,168,020133,281
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Palañia (3) are calculated separately.

Palania (62) may also be a first name.

Palania Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palania occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Palañia. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palania? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,163,787th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Palania live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,246,114th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 62 people.

The surname Palania is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 797,151. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Western Visayas, where 21 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 14 percent live and Calabarzon, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Palania Last Name Statistics demography

Palania earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 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 Palania
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