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 is most common in Thailand. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laiwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,710,039th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Laiwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Laiwan are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 302,944th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 738 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 713,519. In Thailand it is most common in: Nong Khai Province, where 35 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 31 percent live and Chanthaburi Province, where 30 percent live. Aside from Thailand Laiwan exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 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 Laiwan
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