Palapus Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palapus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palapus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2171:466,53656,377
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Palapus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palapus occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Palapus.

How Common Is The Last Name Palapus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Palapus are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 466,536. In The Philippines Palapus is mostly concentrated in: Cagayan Valley, where 35 percent live, National Capital Region, where 32 percent live and Ilocos, where 10 percent live. Other than The Philippines Palapus exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palaspus9324/
Palapu92939/
Pallapu8628,075/
Palapuz86577/
Palapos86318/
Pelapus8698/
Palaypu8614/
Palappu8613/
Paleapu8612/
Palaapu869/
Paalapu869/
Pailapu868/
Palyapu866/
Palapau862/
Ppalapu861/
Pgalapu861/
Palapgu861/
Palapux861/
Palaipu861/
Pallaapu8030/
Pallappu8023/
Pallapau8013/
Palleapu804/
Phallapu804/
Paaleapu803/
Pallaypu803/
Ppallapu801/
Pallaupu801/
Paallapu801/
Phalapos801/
Pallapou801/
Polapu7757/
Phalaphut751/
Palapoz7180/
Pollapu7118/
Potlapu718/
Palapuhova713/
Paleypu713/
Pallopu713/
Palopau712/
Paliopu711/
Poilapu711/
Polaapu711/
Palopou711/
Polahapu671/
Phellepus631/
Palopó621/
Pouliopous591/

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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 Palapus
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