Palapa
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: a thatched roof
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/palapa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Palapa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.9M(measured from records)
- INIndia1 in 55M
- UAUkraine≈1 in 450Kas Палапа
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Palapa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 59 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.9M (inferred from the name graph)
171 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Палапа in UA Ukraine, RU Russia.
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)
An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Palapa is read(measured from records)
Palapa is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish69%
a thatched roof
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English11%
An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Indonesian9.5%
bitter fruit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Palapa 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 171 | 1 in 1.9M | 171 | — | — |
| UA Ukraine | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 450K | — | Палапа | 13 |
| RU Russia | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Палапа | 59 |
| IN India | 24 | 1 in 55M | 24 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 1 |
171 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Palapa is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Filipino, the pulpy midrib or petiole of a banana leaf or coconut palm frond or leaf of a similar tree
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mak, midrib of palm fronds and banana leaves; leafstalk of papayas and some other trees
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bik, midrib of a banana leaf or coconut frond
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 171 | #104,602 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 157 | #117,309 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 32 | #47,474 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 24 | #70,232 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Palapa come from?
- An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Palapa?
- A machine transcription gives /palapa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Palapa mean?
- In Spanish, a thatched roof
- In which country does Palapa have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 171 people named Palapa, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Palapa most common?
- Palapa is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Palapa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 171 people named Palapa in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/palapaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Palapa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.