Palfray Surname

622,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 493 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Palfray Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Palfray 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
France4781:138,96021,353
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Palfray Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palfray is most common in France. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Palfray.

How Common Is The Last Name Palfray? popularity and diffusion

The last name Palfray is the 622,538th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Palfray live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Palfray is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 138,960. In France Palfray is primarily found in: Normandy, where 73 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 9 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account France Palfray occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

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
Palfry922/
Palfrey863,409/
Palfroy86380/
Polfray860/
Paulfry860/
Paulfrey8053/
Palfree7133/
Polfrey7114/
Palfred711/
Palfrei711/
Phelfry710/
Phelfrey671/
Poulfrad671/
Polfrit572/
Polfree570/
Pollfree531/
Phelphrey502/
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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 Palfray
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