Paliyani Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Paliyani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paliyani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Paliyani (12) may also be a first name.

Paliyani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paliyani occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paliyani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 571,325th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Paliyani reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 12 people.

The surname Paliyani is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Paliyani
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