Pałeczka Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Pałeczka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pałeczka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pałeczka Last Name Facts

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

Pałeczka is most common in Poland. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pałeczka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pałeczka? popularity and diffusion

Pałeczka is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Pałeczka reside; 80 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 80 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,502,187. Without taking into account Poland Pałeczka is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paleczka8849/
Palecka8020/
Paliczka75273/
Palecska7544/
Palechka7535/
Palaczka7512/
Paleczke751/
Pauleczki71162/
Pauleczko718/
Palecki67387/
Palicka67302/
Paleska6754/
Palečka6732/
Palecko6725/
Polecka6723/
Palesca6713/
Pałyska6712/
Palecky671/
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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 Pałeczka
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