Calawan Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Brunei

Calawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1361:744,39973,733
Brunei11:418,7313,893

Calawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Calawan is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Calawan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,518,885th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Calawan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Calawan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Calawan is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 744,399. In The Philippines Calawan is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 38 percent are found, Davao Region, where 24 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 10 percent are found. Barring The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brunei, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Calawan
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