Palanivalu Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Palanivalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palanivalu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Palanivalu Last Name Facts

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

Palanivalu (Marathi: पलनीवाले) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palanivalu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Palanivalu reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia Palanivalu is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 59 percent live, Selangor, where 35 percent live and Penang, where 6 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palanievalu953/
Palanivelu901,222/
Palanivellu869/
Palanivaloo862/
Palainivelu861/
Palanivalloo821/
Palannievelu821/
Palanevelu803/
Palanyvelu801/
Paalenivelu761/

Palanivalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palanivalu in the Marathi language
पलनीवालेpalanivale-

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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 Palanivalu
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