Paluch Surname
Approximately 21,296 people bear this surname
Paluch Surname Definition:
(Polish) One with an unusual finger.
Paluch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 16,737 | 1:2,271 | 197 |
| United States | 1,844 | 1:196,561 | 19,371 |
| Germany | 761 | 1:105,789 | 13,056 |
| France | 458 | 1:145,028 | 22,418 |
| Brazil | 336 | 1:637,126 | 23,622 |
| Canada | 238 | 1:154,813 | 15,712 |
| England | 166 | 1:335,651 | 24,624 |
| Israel | 135 | 1:63,390 | 7,977 |
| Czechia | 105 | 1:101,271 | 16,761 |
| Argentina | 87 | 1:491,304 | 36,372 |
| Slovakia | 71 | 1:75,161 | 14,596 |
| Australia | 60 | 1:449,928 | 35,109 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Palúch (167) & Palůch (7) are calculated separately.
Paluch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish) One with an unusual finger.
Paluch Demographics
Average Male Paluch Height
174.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Paluch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paluch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paluch occurs most in Poland. It can be found as: Palúch or Palůch. Click here for further potential spellings of Paluch.
How Common Is The Last Name Paluch? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 25,326th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 342,203 people. The last name Paluch is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Paluch live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most common in Poland, where it is held by 16,737 people, or 1 in 2,271. Without taking into account Poland this surname exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.
Paluch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Paluch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Paluch last name grew 184,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Paluch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Paluch surname are 9.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.9% being registered with the party.
The amount Paluch earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.14% less than the national average, earning 269,463 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.98% more than the national average, earning $48,748 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $51,812 CAD per year.
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