Galawan Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Galawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3041:333,02045,666
England211:2,653,24194,788
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Galawan (12) may also be a first name.

Galawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galawan has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galawan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Galawan is the 823,466th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Galawan live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 46 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 12 people.

The surname Galawan is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 333,020. In The Philippines Galawan is primarily found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 49 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 28 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines Galawan is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Galawan Last Name Statistics demography

Galawan earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.04% less than the national average, earning $44,694 CAD per year.

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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 Galawan
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