Palheta Surname
Approximately 13,273 people bear this surname
Palheta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 13,249 | 1:16,158 | 816 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Palheta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palheta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palheta occurs most in Brazil. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palheta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,548th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 549,050 people. The last name Palheta occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Palheta live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 13,249 people, or 1 in 16,158. In Brazil Palheta is mostly concentrated in: Pará, where 59 percent reside, Amazonas, where 25 percent reside and Amapá, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and Portugal, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Palheta
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