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 surname Palhoca is found most in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant: Palhoça. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palhoca? popularity and diffusion
Palhoca is the 7,117,718th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Palhoca live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Paraná, where 50 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Brazil Palhoca is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 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 Palhoca
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