Palaš Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Palaš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 52 | 1:81,319 | 13,910 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Palas (26,358), Palaș (74), Palaş (41) & Päläs (13) are calculated separately.
Palaš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaš is found most in Croatia. It can be rendered as a variant: Palas, Palaș, Palaş or Päläs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaš? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,075,631st most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palaš are found; 65 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 65 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Palaš is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 81,319. In Croatia Palaš is most frequent in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 46 percent live, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 21 percent live and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 15 percent live. Barring Croatia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 20 percent live and Czechia, where 16 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
- 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 Palaš
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