Palappa Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Palappa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palappa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Qatar91:262,00030,726

Palappa (979) may also be a first name.

Palappa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palappa is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palappa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palappa is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palappa live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 257,484th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 979 people.

The surname Palappa is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Palappa is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 68 percent live, Telangana, where 14 percent live and Maharashtra, where 9 percent live. Apart from India Palappa occurs in one country. It is also found in Qatar, where 29 percent live.

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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 Palappa
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