Palkus Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Palkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palkus Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Palkus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palkus (Russian: Палкус) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palkus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palkus is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Palkus live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 44 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Lithuania, where 13 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palkush9258/
Palkaus921/
Palcus8366/
Polkus8350/
Palkos837/
Palcos6717/
Palcuş671/
Polkos671/
Poulkos626/
Palcuch621/
Pailcouch531/
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Palkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palkus in the Russian language
Палкусpalkus-

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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 Palkus
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