Palanques Surname

572,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Palanques Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palanques Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain5191:90,0817,567
France161:4,151,420237,746
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Palanqués (2) are calculated separately.

Palanques Last Name Facts

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

Palanques occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Palanqués. Click here for other possible spellings of Palanques.

How Common Is The Last Name Palanques? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 572,152nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Palanques live; 94 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent live in Iberian Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 90,081. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Valencian Community, where 58 percent live, Catalonia, where 38 percent live and Madrid, where 2 percent live. Excluding Spain it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

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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 Palanques
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