Palián

surname · Latin script

Palián is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country. Recorded meaning: mettre une pale à.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
  • HRCroatia1 in 96K
  • PLPoland1 in 200K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈970 people, est.

Sources
33 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Palian in PE Peru, US United States, PH Philippines and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

mettre une pale à

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Palián counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Palián is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈970 est.≈1 in 33K—Palian33
PL Poland1911 in 200K98——
US United States≈160 est.≈1 in 2MlistedPalian13
PH Philippines≈66 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Palian3
GB United Kingdom≈54 est.≈1 in 1.2M5Palian3
HR Croatia441 in 96K44——
CR Costa Rica41 in 1.3M4Palian3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Palián is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Palian

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Palián under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Palián mean, and where does it come from?
mettre une pale à Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
In which country does Palián have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 972 people named Palián in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled palian.
How common is the name Palián?
In Poland, the national register counted 191 people named Palián in 2026, about 1 in 200 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Palián”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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