Palpán Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Palpán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Palpán Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Palpan (577) are calculated separately.

Palpán Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palpán is carried by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Palpan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palpán? popularity and diffusion

Palpán is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Palpán live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Andean South America.

The last name is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. Besides Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palpan94577/
Palpon8337/
Palpant77289/
Palpong774/
Palphan774/
Pailpan771/
Phalpon771/
Paulpan771/
Pailppan711/
Palpam674/
Polpon672/
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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 Palpán
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