Paltun Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Paltun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Paltun 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
Turkey1661:468,80427,196
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Paltun (13) may also be a first name.

Paltun Last Name Facts

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

Paltun (Hindi: पल्टून, Marathi: टून) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Paltun.

How Common Is The Last Name Paltun? popularity and diffusion

Paltun is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Paltun live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Paltun is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 468,804. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 41 percent live, Giresun Province, where 35 percent live and Samsun Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Turkey Paltun is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 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
Palthun921/
Palton83264/
Poltun8320/
Paulton77241/
Pailton771/
Paltoum771/
Polton67331/
Poltum672/
Poulton6211,345/
Poolton62432/
Polthum622/
Poultonn571/
Pholthum571/
Poolthoum531/
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Paltun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paltun in the Marathi language
टूनtuna-
Paltun in the Hindi language
पल्टूनpaltuna50
पल्टुंpaltum50

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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 Paltun
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