Palegar Surname

521,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Palegar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palegar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5691:1,348,09452,364
Philippines511:1,985,063118,763
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Palegar (15) may also be a first name.

Palegar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palegar (Marathi: पालेगार) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Palegar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palegar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 521,266th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,678,759 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Palegar reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palegar is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 15 people.

The surname Palegar is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 1,348,094. In India it is most frequent in: Karnataka, where 71 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 15 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account India Palegar occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palegar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palegar in the Marathi language
पालेगारpalegara82.05
पालेगरpalegara12.82
पाळेगारpalegara5.13

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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 Palegar
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