Palhoca Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Palhoca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Palhoça (22) are calculated separately.
Palhoca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palhoca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palhoca is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Palhoça. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palhoca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Palhoca live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil Palhoca is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 50 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 50 percent live. Excluding Brazil Palhoca is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live.
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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 Palhoca
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