Palung Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Palung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 138 | 1:958,327 | 70,806 |
| Nepal | 63 | 1:452,079 | 4,210 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palung (72) may also be a first name.
Palung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palung is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palung? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palung reside; 74 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 72 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 958,327. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 75 percent are found, North Kalimantan, where 16 percent are found and West Kalimantan, where 8 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 26 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Palung
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