Balawin Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Philippines

Balawin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balawin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Balawin Last Name Facts

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

Balawin occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Balawin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balawin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Balawin live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Balawin is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Balawin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Balawin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balawn921/
Balawingh881/
Balaawing881/
Balabin861,224/
Balawen86284/
Bolawin8629/
Balowin8623/
Balewin862/
Bahlawn861/
Balyabin80480/
Balowing8086/
Baliawen805/
Baleabin802/
Balouwin801/
Ballawen801/
Bolawing801/
Baliabin801/
Balhawen801/
Balawean801/
Balowine800/
Balown770/
Wallawing752/
Hwalahwin751/
Balobin71277/
Balabyn71169/
Balaben71155/
Balõbin718/
Valabin712/
Ballown711/
Balavnt711/
Bolawen711/
Balavne711/
Balgown710/
Ballaben67382/
Walowina6734/
Baelewen678/
Ballobin678/
Bailaben677/
Valaiben676/
Bhalaben673/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Balawin
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