Arwana Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Arwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2401:551,03844,419
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Arwana (288) may also be a first name.

Arwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arwana (Hindi: अरवाना) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Arwana is the 1,025,894th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Arwana reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Arwana is also the 520,883rd most common first name throughout the world, held by 288 people.

The last name Arwana is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 551,038. In Indonesia Arwana is most prevalent in: Riau, where 20 percent are found, East Java, where 16 percent are found and West Java, where 13 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arwanah9247/
Harwana9224/
Garwana929/
Arwanna927/
Arwanga926/
Arwani835,064/
Erwana83340/
Arbana83151/
Arwany8359/
Arvana8354/
Aruana8339/
Arwano8316/
Arwane835/
Arwena832/
Arwona831/
Harwani77888/
Herwana77309/
Arbaina77153/
Arvanas7757/
Haruana7746/
Garuana7738/
Harbana7728/
Garwona7710/
Erwanah779/
Arwaini779/
Aruanna778/
Arwaneh776/
Garvana776/
Garwany774/
Harwane773/
Arvanna771/
Arwonah771/
Arwouna771/
Arbanay771/
Arwango771/
Harwayne7147/
Haruhana7118/
Herwanah716/
Garwango712/
Aruannah711/
Earwayne711/
Aruhanga711/
Airevana711/
Harbanau711/
Orwaunga711/
Garhwani711/
Garvaina711/
Arbainai711/
Arbona674,154/
Arbane673,570/
Arvani67436/
Ervana67322/
Aruani67225/
Arvena67109/
Orbana6747/
Aruona6745/
Arwono6731/
Aruane6725/
Aruano678/
Garuhanga677/
Arvano675/
Airuhanga675/
Arbaña674/
Arvany674/
Arbany672/
Orwani671/
Arvane671/
Arwoni671/
Oruana671/
Erwena671/
Aruena671/
Aruhanioa671/
Harwagner670/

Arwana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arwana in the Hindi language
अरवानाaravana-

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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 Arwana
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