Palu-Ay Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Palu-Ay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 329 | 1:307,715 | 43,307 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Palu-Ay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palu-Ay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palu-Ay is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palu-Ay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 830,559th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Palu-Ay live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 307,715. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 69 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 9 percent reside and Soccsksargen, where 7 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Palu-Ay
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