Palfox Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Palfox Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palfox 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
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Palfox Last Name Facts

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

Palfox has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palfox? popularity and diffusion

Palfox is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Palfox live; 90 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 5,642,100. In Mexico Palfox is most prevalent in: México, where 23 percent live, Hidalgo, where 18 percent live and Baja California, where 9 percent live. Other than Mexico this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 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
Palafox9238,434/
Palofox9225/
Palfaox921/
Palafoix8624/
Pala Fox863/
Pallafox861/
Paulafox861/
Plafox833/
Palafox Y802/
Palafax7730/
Pelafox774/
Polafox772/
Balafox771/
Palofax771/
Polofox771/
Palafocs711/
Pawlovix711/
Baily-Fox671/
Polfak502/
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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 Palfox
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