Palpagan Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palpagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palpagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1531:661,68868,918
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Palpagan Last Name Facts

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

Palpagan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palpagan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palpagan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 661,688. In The Philippines Palpagan is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 89 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 7 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 1 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 1 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
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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 Palpagan
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