Palapal Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palapal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palapal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7471:135,52622,961
India471:16,320,540259,912
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

Palapal (11) may also be a first name.

Palapal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palapal (Hindi: पालपाल) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palapal? popularity and diffusion

Palapal is the 429,044th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. The last name Palapal is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Palapal reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 747 people, or 1 in 135,526. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 62 percent live, Calabarzon, where 8 percent live and National Capital Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Palapal Last Name Statistics demography

Palapal earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 64.95% less than the national average, earning $15,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palapal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palapal in the Hindi language
पालपालpalapala80
पलपलpalapala20

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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 Palapal
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