Palmata Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Palmata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon5431:38,2495,117
Philippines1661:609,86965,823
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Palmata (4,147) may also be a first name.

Palmata Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palmata is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Palmata click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmata? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 454,357th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. The surname Palmata is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Palmata are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Palmata is also the 107,935th most common first name in the world, held by 4,147 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 38,249. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 93 percent live, North Region, where 4 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon Palmata occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.

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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 Palmata
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