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 last name Paliyani is found most in Malawi. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paliyani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 571,325th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Paliyani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Paliyani is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

Paliyani is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Barring Malawi Paliyani occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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
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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 Paliyani
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