Paligan Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Paligan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 247 | 1:409,871 | 52,096 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Paligan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paligan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paligan (Marathi: पालीगन) occurs most in The Philippines. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paligan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 996,001st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Paligan are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 409,871. In The Philippines it is most common in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 88 percent are found, Cagayan Valley, where 4 percent are found and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 3 percent are found. Other than The Philippines this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauligan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pahaligan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Palugan | 86 | 365 | / |
| Peligan | 86 | 111 | / |
| Palegan | 86 | 17 | / |
| Poligan | 86 | 9 | / |
| Paligon | 86 | 3 | / |
| Pallugan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Paulugan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Patligam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paleegan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Polaighan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poligon | 71 | 115 | / |
| Poliganova | 71 | 24 | / |
| Polugan | 71 | 21 | / |
| Pelegan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Peligon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Palugon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peligán | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poligam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelugan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palegone | 67 | 41 | / |
| Poligone | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pouligon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pallegon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pallegam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelegain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polyugan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poleganova | 59 | 29 | / |
| Poligonova | 59 | 6 | / |
| Polyganova | 59 | 2 | / |
| Polygon | 57 | 90 | / |
| Pelegon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Polygone | 53 | 18 | / |
| Polegone | 53 | 1 | / |
Paligan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paligan in the Marathi language | ||
| पालीगन | paligana | - |
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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 Paligan
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