Palekanda Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Palekanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palekanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Palekanda (39) may also be a first name.

Palekanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palekanda has its highest incidence in India. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palekanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palekanda is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Palekanda occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Palekanda reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palekanda is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 39 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

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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 Palekanda
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