Palungan Surname
Approximately 1,109 people bear this surname
Palungan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,105 | 1:119,683 | 12,067 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Palungan (139) may also be a first name.
Palungan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palungan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palungan is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Palungan.
How Common Is The Last Name Palungan? popularity and diffusion
Palungan is the 333,223rd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,571,277 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Palungan live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Palungan is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 139 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,105 people, or 1 in 119,683. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: South Sulawesi, where 63 percent live, Papua, where 9 percent live and Bali, where 7 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ppalungan | 94 | 45 | / |
| Pallungan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Paslungan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Palugan | 93 | 365 | / |
| Palunan | 93 | 28 | / |
| Pallunan | 88 | 132 | / |
| Palongan | 88 | 19 | / |
| Palunnan | 88 | 4 | / |
| Pelungan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pallugan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Palgunan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Paulugan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phalgunan | 82 | 184 | / |
| Pailongan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Paallunan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Palogan | 80 | 1,229 | / |
| Palonan | 80 | 68 | / |
| Polugan | 80 | 21 | / |
| Palugam | 80 | 6 | / |
| Polunan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Palunam | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pallogan | 75 | 172 | / |
| Polugang | 75 | 19 | / |
| Polongan | 75 | 16 | / |
| Polyugan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palongon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Polonan | 67 | 261 | / |
| Pologan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Polugam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Palugon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Palonon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pollonan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Palogon | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Palungan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis