Palinus Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Palinus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palinus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Palinus (199) may also be a first name.

Palinus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Palinus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Palinus occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Palinus.

How Common Is The Last Name Palinus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Palinus occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Palinus live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 642,605th most frequent forename internationally, held by 199 people.

Palinus is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 29 percent reside, Abia, where 25 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 44 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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
  • 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 Palinus
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