Palisena Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Palisena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palisena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Palisena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palisena is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palisena? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palisena is the 899,940th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Palisena are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

It is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Palisena
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