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

The surname Palanques is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Palanqués. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palanques? popularity and diffusion

It is the 572,152nd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Palanques reside; 94 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Palanques is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 90,081. In Spain Palanques is primarily found in: Valencian Community, where 58 percent reside, Catalonia, where 38 percent reside and Madrid, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Spain Palanques occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

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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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