Palekas Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Palekas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palekas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania301:101,15313,307
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Palekas (10) may also be a first name.

Palekas Last Name Facts

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

Palekas (Marathi: पलेकस) is carried by more people in Lithuania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Palekas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palekas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Palekas are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.

Palekas is most commonly held in Lithuania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 101,153. In Lithuania Palekas is primarily concentrated in: Kaunas County, where 73 percent reside, Tauragė County, where 13 percent reside and Klaipėda County, where 7 percent reside. Beside Lithuania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent reside and Ukraine, where 7 percent reside.

Palekas Last Name Statistics demography

Palekas earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.38% more than the national average, earning $55,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palekas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palekas in the Marathi language
पलेकसpalekasa-

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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 Palekas
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