Paternal Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Paternal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paternal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1121:903,91381,715
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Paternal Last Name Facts

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

Paternal is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paternal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Paternal reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Paternal is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 903,913. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Western Visayas, where 79 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 8 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Paternal
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