Palenka Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Palenka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 139 | 1:327,501 | 41,158 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Palenka (15) may also be a first name.
Palenka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palenka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palenka (Russian: Паленка) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palenka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Palenka live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 327,501. In Ukraine it is most common in: Volyn Oblast, where 41 percent are found, Poltava Oblast, where 22 percent are found and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 6 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palenka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palenka in the Russian language | ||
| Паленка | palenka | - |
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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 Palenka
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