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
Palnan is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Palnan.
How Common Is The Last Name Palnan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found 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 is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Palnan is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 70 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 22 percent reside and North Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
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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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