Palyak Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Palyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palyak (Russian: Паляк) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palyak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palyak is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Palyak reside; 59 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 59 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Palyak is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Enga, where 94 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Palyak is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 24 percent reside and Belarus, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palyak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palyak in the Russian language | ||
| Паляк | palak | - |
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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 Palyak
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