Palkó Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Palkó Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1,984 | 1:4,948 | 569 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| Slovakia | 31 | 1:172,144 | 29,813 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Palko (6,814), Pálkó (1) & Pálko (4) are calculated separately.
Palkó Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palkó Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palkó occurs most in Hungary. It can occur as: Palko, Pálkó or Pálko. Click here for other potential spellings of Palkó.
How Common Is The Last Name Palkó? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 202,451st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. The last name Palkó occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Palkó live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname Palkó is most widely held in Hungary, where it is held by 1,984 people, or 1 in 4,948. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Tolna County, where 22 percent reside, Pest County, where 15 percent reside and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Hungary Palkó occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 2 percent reside and Slovakia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palko | 93 | 6,814 | / |
| Pálkó | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pálko | 87 | 4 | / |
| Palka | 80 | 9,077 | / |
| Palku | 80 | 9 | / |
| Palkóová | 77 | 6 | / |
| Palcko | 73 | 93 | / |
| Pahlka | 73 | 64 | / |
| Paulka | 73 | 56 | / |
| Palkot | 73 | 29 | / |
| Palkoe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Phalka | 73 | 22 | / |
| Palcka | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pallko | 73 | 8 | / |
| Palkos | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pallka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Paulko | 73 | 2 | / |
| Palkha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Palkou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Palkáň | 73 | 2 | / |
| Palkaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Palkoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Patelka | 67 | 397 | / |
| Pacelko | 67 | 55 | / |
| Paulkat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pealkha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patleka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahalko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahalka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patelko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palkhad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palkaus | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Palkó
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