Palpanas Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Palpanas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palpanas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece601:184,66329,677
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Palpanas Last Name Facts

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

Palpanas occurs most in Greece. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palpanas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Palpanas is the 2,414,640th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Palpanas are found; 95 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 184,663. In Greece it is most common in: Thessaly, where 68 percent are found, Attica, where 25 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palpana9323/
Palpanat882/
Palpanos881/
Palpanath821/
Palpanou751/
Phalpona751/
Polpauna751/
Pholpana751/
Pholphana715/
Poolpatna712/
Pealepona711/
Pholpanga711/
Pholphanga674/
Polpoina631/
Potilpauno563/

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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 Palpanas
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