Paliau Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Paliau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 346 | 1:23,566 | 2,578 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Paliau (107) may also be a first name.
Paliau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paliau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paliau occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paliau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paliau is the 790,102nd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. Paliau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Paliau live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Paliau is also the 910,230th most frequent first name in the world, held by 107 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 23,566. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Manus, where 36 percent live, New Ireland, where 17 percent live and Madang, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Ukraine, where 1 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 Paliau
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