Palku Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Guyana

Palku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Palku (786) may also be a first name.

Palku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palku (Hindi: पलकू, Marathi: पलकु, Oriya: ପାଲକୁ, Russian: Палку) is found most in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palku? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Palku live; 33 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Palku is also the 292,462nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 786 people.

It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 33 percent reside, Delhi, where 33 percent reside and Telangana, where 33 percent reside. Apart from India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent reside and Albania, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palkou912/
Palkaus831/
Palkó802,057/
Palcu801,268/
Polku8016/
Patelkou772/
Pailkeux771/
Palcau73610/
Palcus7366/
Polkus7350/
Palcut7341/
Palkoe7326/
Palcou734/
Polkau732/
Palcuş731/
Palcuț731/
Polkuy731/
Polkui731/
Poulkou6726/
Palcoux6721/
Pholkui671/
Palcuch671/
Poolkouh621/
Pálkó601/
Polcu601/
Pailcouch571/
Palcút5554/
Polcou553/
Pălcuț551/
Palcoe550/
Polcuch5012/

Palku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palku in the Oriya language
ପାଲକୁpalaku-
Palku in the Hindi language
पलकूpalaku84.52
पलकुpalaku8.67
पल्कूpalku6.5
Palku in the Marathi language
पलकुpalaku66.67
पलकूpalaku29.63
पालpala3.7
Palku in the Russian language
Палкуpalku-

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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 Palku
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