Palchekh Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Palchekh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palchekh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1171:81,20612,912
Russia581:2,484,880144,115
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Palchekh Last Name Facts

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

Palchekh (Russian: Пальчех) is found most in Belarus. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palchekh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,244,200th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Palchekh is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Palchekh are found; 86 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belarus, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 81,206. In Belarus Palchekh is most frequent in: Vitebsk Region, where 88 percent live, Minsk, where 11 percent live and Minsk Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Belarus Palchekh exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 31 percent live and Ukraine, where 5 percent live.

Palchekh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Palchekh last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Communist Party Party than The US average, with 40% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palchekh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palchekh in the Russian language
Пальчехpalceh-

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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 Palchekh
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