Pálfai Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Pálfai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 116 | 1:84,623 | 8,437 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Palfai (20) are calculated separately.
Pálfai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pálfai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pálfai is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Palfai. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pálfai.
How Common Is The Last Name Pálfai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,683,218th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pálfai are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 84,623. In Hungary Pálfai is most common in: Baranya County, where 50 percent live, Budapest, where 23 percent live and Fejér County, where 12 percent live. Excluding Hungary Pálfai is found in one country. It is also common in England, 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 Pálfai
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