Palaska Surname

497,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Palaska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palaska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece4231:26,1933,947
Turkey1861:418,39525,090
Bosnia and Herzegovina161:221,02511,534
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Palaska Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palaska (Oriya: ପଲା) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palaska? popularity and diffusion

The last name Palaska is the 497,277th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Palaska reside; 75 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 26,193. In Greece it is primarily found in: Thessaly, where 32 percent are found, Attica, where 32 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 28 percent are found. Not including Greece this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 28 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 2 percent are found.

Palaska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Palaska has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Palaska surname rose 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palaska Last Name Statistics demography

Palaska earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palaska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palaska in the Oriya language
ପଲାpala-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Palaska
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis