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
Palung occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palung? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname Palung is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palung are found; 74 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 69 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Palung is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 72 people.
It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 958,327. In Indonesia Palung is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 75 percent reside, North Kalimantan, where 16 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 8 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 26 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 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 Palung
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