Palap Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Palap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palap (86) may also be a first name.
Palap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palap (Marathi: पलप) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palap? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,478,479th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Palap is mostly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Palap reside; 51 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 51 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 86 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 111,695. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 66 percent reside, Hela, where 26 percent reside and Morobe, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palap Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palap in the Marathi language | ||
| पलप | palapa | 60.87 |
| पालप | palapa | 21.74 |
| पालाप | palapa | 8.7 |
| पालव | palava | 8.7 |
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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 Palap
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