Flaw Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Flaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Flaw (10) may also be a first name.

Flaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flaw is carried by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Flaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flaw? popularity and diffusion

Flaw is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Flaw is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Flaw reside; 56 percent reside in West Asia and 56 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,290,568. Barring The United Arab Emirates this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.

Flaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flaw has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flaws89893/
Flauw89154/
Flawe894/
Flahw891/
Flow751,750/
Flav758/
Flab756/
Flaf752/
Vlaw752/
Flôw751/
Fillyaw73502/
Fellaws731/
Fellyaw730/
Fillgaw730/
Flowe671,097/
Flouw67160/
Fleab674/
Flowa674/
Flova674/
Flaph674/
Flaff673/
Flowz671/
Vlauw671/
Flaub671/
Floow671/
Flaiv671/
Flohw670/
Fhlow670/
Fleaf670/

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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 Flaw
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