Palpal Surname

908,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Palpal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palpal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2261:447,95755,016
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India51:153,413,076951,030
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Palpal (45) may also be a first name.

Palpal Last Name Facts

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

Palpal (Hindi: पलपल, Russian: Палпал) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palpal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 908,336th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Palpal reside; 76 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 76 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Palpal is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.

The last name Palpal is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 447,957. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 42 percent reside, Ilocos, where 36 percent reside and Cagayan Valley, where 12 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Palpal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Palpal last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Palpal earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.68% less than the national average, earning $40,700 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palpal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palpal in the Hindi language
पलपलpalapala-
Palpal in the Russian language
Палпалpalpal-

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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 Palpal
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