Palfiová Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Palfiová Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palfiová Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia411:130,15723,900
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pálfiová (78) & Palfiova (9) are calculated separately.

Palfiová Last Name Facts

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

Palfiová is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Pálfiová or Palfiova. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palfiová? popularity and diffusion

Palfiová is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Palfiová live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 130,157. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Košice Region, where 63 percent live, Prešov Region, where 32 percent live and Bratislava Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Slovakia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pálfiová9678/
Palfiova969/
Palfyová889/
Palffyová822/
Pálffiová821/
Pálfyová7562/
Palfyova755/
Palfioua751/
Pálffyová7146/
Palffyova711/

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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 Palfiová
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