Palleh Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Palleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
Palleh (15) may also be a first name.
Palleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palleh is found most in Liberia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palleh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palleh is the 2,372,517th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Palleh live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 76,009. In Liberia Palleh is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 53 percent are found, Nimba County, where 21 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 11 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
- 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 Palleh
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