Palhão Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Palhão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
Palhão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palhão Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palhão is found in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palhão? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Palhão occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Palhão live; 94 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Palhão is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 221,665. Aside from Portugal this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
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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
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