Paletan Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Paletan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paletan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Mauritius341:38,0427,089
Bosnia and Herzegovina271:130,9789,426
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Paletan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Paletan occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Paletan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paletan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Paletan is the 1,581,912th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Paletan is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Paletan are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa Paletan is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 89 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 26 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 21 percent reside.

Paletan Last Name Statistics demography

Paletan earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.77% more than the national average, earning R 329,760 per year.

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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 Paletan
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