Palú Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Palú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Palu (7,113) are calculated separately.

Palú Last Name Facts

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

Palú occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Palu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palú? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Palú occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Palú are found; 72 percent are found in South America and 68 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 12,592,608. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Paraná, where 41 percent are found, São Paulo, where 35 percent are found and Mato Grosso, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Brazil Palú is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palu927,113/
Palúš8934/
Pallú8912/
Palús894/
Palúch80167/
Paulús801/
Paló755/
Palau6713,217/
Palou677,047/
Palui676,027/
Palus674,146/
Phalu671,820/
Palut671,820/
Pallu671,789/
Palud67863/
Paulu67672/
Paliu67664/
Paleu67482/
Paulů67248/
Pauló67238/
Pailu67229/
Palló67227/
Paluh67163/
Palux67141/
Palgu6790/
Palho6760/
Paalu6743/
Palyu6741/
Paloo6741/
Paluj6734/
Patlu6732/
Paluz6730/
Paloe6729/
Palup6729/
Paluy6725/
Pallù6724/
Paelu6712/
Paluş679/
Paylu678/
Paluś677/
Paslu673/
Pahlu673/
Pealu672/
Palhu672/
Paluu672/
Palão671/
Ppalu671/

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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 Palú
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