Palfai Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Palfai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palfai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England21:27,859,030389,889
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Pálfai (117) are calculated separately.

Palfai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palfai is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pálfai. For other potential spellings of Palfai click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palfai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Palfai is predominantly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Palfai are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Palfai is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent are found, Arizona, where 25 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 30 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Palfai Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Palfai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.09% more than the national average, earning R 249,744 per year and in United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pálfai94117/
Palfi913,436/
Palfyi8311/
Palffi838/
Palfay835/
Palfit833/
Paulfa831/
Palfis831/
Palfitt7721/
Pálfi735,987/
Palfy73688/
Palfe7311/
Polfa732/
Polfi731/
Pálfa731/
Palfiyah7121/
Paulfeit7110/
Paulfuji711/
Palffy67594/
Palfey6791/
Pálfay6790/
Pálffi6758/
Pallfy677/
Palfer675/
Pállfi671/
Palpfy671/

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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 Palfai
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