Palnan Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Palnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Palnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palnan is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palnan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Palnan are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The last name Palnan is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Palnan is most common in: Far North Region, where 70 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 22 percent live and North Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 4 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
- 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 Palnan
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