Balawan Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Balawan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 262 | 1:386,405 | 50,155 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Balawan (5,804) may also be a first name.
Balawan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balawan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balawan (Hindi: बलवान, Marathi: बलवान, Oriya: ବଲୱାନ) is most common in The Philippines. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balawan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 801,116th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Balawan reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Balawan is also the 87,548th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 5,804 people.
The last name Balawan is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 386,405. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 53 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 37 percent reside and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Balawan is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balawan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balawan in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଲୱାନ | balawana | - |
| Balawan in the Hindi language | ||
| बलवान | balavana | 90 |
| बलवन्त | balavanta | 10 |
| Balawan in the Marathi language | ||
| बलवान | balavana | 88.89 |
| बालवन | balavana | 11.11 |
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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 Balawan
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