Palantu Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Palantu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Palantu (13) may also be a first name.
Palantu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palantu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palantu (Marathi: पलंटू, Oriya: ପଧାନ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palantu? popularity and diffusion
Palantu is the 2,220,661st most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palantu are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
The last name Palantu is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 1,862,665. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 61 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 39 percent live. Besides Indonesia Palantu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palantu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palantu in the Marathi language | ||
| पलंटू | palantu | - |
| Palantu in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 50 |
| ପାଲୁ | palu | 50 |
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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 Palantu
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