Palchun Surname

391,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Palchun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palchun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5451:264,44627,730
Ukraine2871:158,61621,961
Belarus651:146,17020,310
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Palchun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palchun (Russian: Пальчун) occurs most in Russia. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Palchun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palchun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 391,109th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,052,537 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Palchun live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Russia, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 264,446. In Russia it is most frequent in: Ulyanovsk Oblast, where 61 percent are found, Voronezh Oblast, where 5 percent are found and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 32 percent are found and Belarus, where 7 percent are found.

Palchun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Palchun last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palchunk931/
Palchung931/
Palcun921/
Polchun8667/
Palczun866/
Palchum861/
Palchon861/
Palchunova82136/
Palschon800/
Palcon772,179/
Palsun773/
Paljun771/
Palzun771/
Paltsun71270/
Phalcon7114/
Phoolchund7110/
Palsund715/
Polkhun714/
Poolchum6713/
Pholkhun676/
Paulcson671/
Poltchum671/
Polkhoun671/

Palchun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palchun in the Russian language
Пальчунpalcun-

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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 Palchun
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