Palura Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Palura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania431:466,92736,259
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Palura (15) may also be a first name.

Palura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Palura Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Palura (Hindi: पलूरा, Oriya: ପାଲୁରା) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palura? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Palura are found; 65 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 466,927. In Romania Palura is primarily found in: Bacău County, where 98 percent are found and Tulcea County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Romania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

Palura Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palura in the Oriya language
ପାଲୁରାpalura-
Palura in the Hindi language
पलूराpalura50
पालुराpalura50

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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
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  • 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 Palura
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