Laiwan Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Laiwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Laiwan (738) may also be a first name.
Laiwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laiwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laiwan occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Laiwan? popularity and diffusion
Laiwan is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Laiwan reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Laiwan is also the 302,944th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 738 people.
The surname Laiwan is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 713,519. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Nong Khai Province, where 35 percent are found, Chiang Rai Province, where 31 percent are found and Chanthaburi Province, where 30 percent are found. Besides Thailand this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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 Laiwan
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