Palnam Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Palnam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palnam 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
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Palnam (21) may also be a first name.

Palnam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palnam (Bengali: পালনম) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palnam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,530,696th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Palnam live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name worldwide, borne by 21 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 73 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Palnam exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found.

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
Pahlnamm861/
Palnan8324/
Polnam837/
Palnang77372/
Polngam77137/
Pholnam773/
Pholngam7159/
Poolngam7114/
Polnngam716/
Paglinan711/
Phoolngam672/
Polnan672/
Polnom671/
Polngan621/
Polnang621/
Pohlnan621/
Pallnone571/
Pollnann571/
Pohlnann571/
Polnon502/
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Palnam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palnam in the Bengali language
পালনমpalanama-

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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 Palnam
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