Paltas Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Paltas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paltas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador311:513,09210,998
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Paltas (371) may also be a first name.

Paltas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paltas occurs most in Ecuador. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paltas? popularity and diffusion

Paltas is the 3,141,416th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Paltas reside; 82 percent reside in South America and 79 percent reside in Andean South America. Paltas is also the 450,877th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 371 people.

This surname is most numerous in Ecuador, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 513,092. In Ecuador it is mostly found in: Pichincha Province, where 87 percent reside, Azuay Province, where 3 percent reside and El Oro Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Ecuador Paltas exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Colombia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palthas925/
Phaltas922/
Palta9115,073/
Paltad83116/
Paltos8376/
Paltta8365/
Paltha8313/
Pealta8312/
Paltay837/
Paalta835/
Paltac833/
Paltai832/
Poltas832/
Paltea831/
Paulta831/
Paltah831/
Paltat831/
Palhta831/
Paltasova801/
Palteau7742/
Poltash7741/
Paltacz772/
Palthay771/
Paltait770/
Palto73629/
Polta73577/
Paulteus719/
Paasilta713/
Pailheta711/
Palthiea711/
Pahaltay711/
Phalltos711/
Paltoo67589/
Paltto67110/
Paltou6797/
Paassilta6784/
Poltasova6724/
Poltha6722/
Pholta679/
Paltot679/
Poolta674/
Poltay674/
Poulta674/
Paltey674/
Pollta672/
Poltap671/
Paulto671/
Poltau671/
Poltea671/

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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 Paltas
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