Palefau Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga

Palefau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palefau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Tonga11:107,313791

Palefau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palefau has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palefau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Palefau occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Palefau reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Palefau is most frequent in: California, where 50 percent reside, Utah, where 38 percent reside and Arizona, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States Palefau exists in one country. It also occurs in Tonga, where 6 percent reside.

Palefau Last Name Statistics demography

Palefau earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.11% less than the national average, earning $19,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palefha8618/
Palevfa864/
Palefou861/
Palefo7777/
Palafu774/
Palafa771/
Palifu771/
Phelefu7190/
Pallafu714/
Palipfa711/
Paleafei6731/
Pollefait632/
Paleaffei632/
Pelafu6287/
Polofa621/
Polafa621/
Phaleephat598/
Palavah579/
Palafoy571/
Polyfai571/
Phalopha5311/
Pholifah538/
Paliphat532/
Phalipha531/
Paulopha531/
Poulifeu531/
Poleephu531/
Phaliphat50250/
Pollefeyt50135/
Pollefeys5011/
Phaliphuy501/
Phaliphai501/

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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 Palefau
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