Palén Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Palén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| Finland | 46 | 1:119,494 | 11,620 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
The alternate forms: Palen (7,555), Palèn (3), Paleń (853) & Pálen (1) are calculated separately.
Palén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palén is most common in Sweden. It can also occur as: Palen, Palèn, Paleń or Pálen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palén? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palén is the 1,727,723rd most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Palén live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 151,489. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 55 percent live, Kronoberg County, where 12 percent live and Skåne County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 41 percent live and Puerto Rico, where 1 percent live.
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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 Palén
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