Palissa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Palissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Palissa (12) may also be a first name.
Palissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palissa is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Palissa live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. Palissa is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany it is primarily found in: Berlin, where 48 percent are found, Hesse, where 24 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 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
- 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 Palissa
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