Pálfy Surname
Approximately 819 people bear this surname
Pálfy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 743 | 1:13,212 | 1,502 |
| Slovakia | 59 | 1:90,448 | 17,420 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Palfy (688) are calculated separately.
Pálfy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pálfy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pálfy has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may appear in the variant forms: Palfy. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pálfy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 422,941st most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,898,102 people. The surname Pálfy is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pálfy reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 91 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Hungary, where it is borne by 743 people, or 1 in 13,212. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Budapest, where 21 percent live, Pest County, where 16 percent live and Veszprém County, where 12 percent live. Beside Hungary this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 7 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palfy | 93 | 688 | / |
| Pálffy | 91 | 1,034 | / |
| Pálfay | 91 | 90 | / |
| Pállfy | 91 | 4 | / |
| Pálfi | 80 | 5,987 | / |
| Pálfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palffy | 73 | 594 | / |
| Pálfai | 73 | 117 | / |
| Palfey | 73 | 91 | / |
| Pálffi | 73 | 58 | / |
| Palfyi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pallfy | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pàlffy | 73 | 5 | / |
| Palfay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pállfi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Palpfy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Palffey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pallffy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pollfeyt | 62 | 1 | / |
| Palfi | 60 | 3,436 | / |
| Palfe | 60 | 11 | / |
| Polfa | 60 | 2 | / |
| Polfi | 60 | 1 | / |
| Polfer | 55 | 234 | / |
| Palfai | 55 | 20 | / |
| Palffi | 55 | 8 | / |
| Palfer | 55 | 5 | / |
| Palfit | 55 | 3 | / |
| Paulfa | 55 | 1 | / |
| Palfis | 55 | 1 | / |
| Palfitt | 50 | 21 | / |
| Pahlfer | 50 | 9 | / |
| Pahlfèr | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pálfy
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