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 occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galawan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 823,466th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Galawan reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 46 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 12 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 333,020. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 49 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 28 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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