Palkus Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Palkus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Palkus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palkus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palkus (Russian: Палкус) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palkus? popularity and diffusion
Palkus is the 3,602,217th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Palkus live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Palkus is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is most common in: Hamburg, where 44 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lithuania, where 13 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palkus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palkus in the Russian language | ||
| Палкус | palkus | - |
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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 Palkus
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