Colewan Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Colewan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colewan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines401:2,530,956131,537
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Colewan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colewan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colewan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Colewan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Colewan is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 2,530,956. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent live.

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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 Colewan
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