Palanto Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Palanto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palanto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1061:149,52810,754
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Finland91:610,74534,002
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Palanto (54) may also be a first name.

Palanto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palanto (Russian: Паланто) occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palanto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 942,947th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name Palanto is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Palanto live; 38 percent live in Southern Africa and 38 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Palanto is also the 1,350,955th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 54 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 149,528. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 45 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent are found. Beside Zambia this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Mexico, where 6 percent are found.

Palanto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paulanto9339/
Palianto9326/
Pallanto932/
Palantod931/
Phalantoa8834/
Palanthod889/
Palanta86104/
Polanto8623/
Palonto8616/
Pelanto8615/
Phalanthoa821/
Pallanta8059/
Palantas8023/
Pelianto808/
Puolanto808/
Polianto804/
Palganta801/
Phalanta801/
Palianta801/
Palantash751/
Pallantas751/
Palonta7124/
Polonto7116/
Polanta719/
Pelanta718/
Palamta713/
Polamto711/
Polontoh674/
Palomta571/
Poolachinta563/
Poulamta532/

Palanto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palanto in the Russian language
Палантоpalanto-

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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 Palanto
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