Paleu Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Paleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 365 | 1:55,008 | 6,749 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Paleu (32) may also be a first name.
Paleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paleu occurs most in Romania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paleu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 633,196th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Paleu reside; 76 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 55,008. In Romania it is most numerous in: Neamț County, where 56 percent live, Timiș County, where 20 percent live and Harghita County, where 13 percent live. Beside Romania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
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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 Paleu
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