Palupalu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Palupalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Palupalu (13) may also be a first name.
Palupalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palupalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palupalu occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Palupalu.
How Common Is The Last Name Palupalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Palupalu live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Palupalu is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe Palupalu is most common in: Bulawayo Province, where 91 percent are found and Matabeleland North Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallupalu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Palupaulus | 89 | 1 | / |
| Palupolu | 88 | 39 | / |
| Polupalu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Pallupolu | 82 | 4 | / |
| Paalupolu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pauluspaulus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Palouspaulus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pelupelu | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pelupolu | 75 | 11 | / |
| Polupolu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Palipolu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pallipolu | 71 | 21 | / |
| Pehlupehlu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pollupollu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouloupoulou | 60 | 4 | / |
| Phehluphehlu | 60 | 2 | / |
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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 Palupalu
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