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) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palenka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Palenka live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Palenka is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 327,501. In Ukraine Palenka is most prevalent in: Volyn Oblast, where 41 percent live, Poltava Oblast, where 22 percent live and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 6 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
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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