Liaw Surname
Approximately 8,861 people bear this surname
Liaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6,413 | 1:4,599 | 651 |
| United States | 965 | 1:375,605 | 33,232 |
| Singapore | 479 | 1:11,498 | 568 |
| Canada | 199 | 1:185,154 | 18,322 |
| Hong Kong | 197 | 1:37,236 | 652 |
| Australia | 195 | 1:138,439 | 14,922 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Taiwan | 49 | 1:478,464 | 3,638 |
| New Zealand | 27 | 1:167,716 | 18,432 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Brunei | 8 | 1:52,341 | 1,746 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Liaw (1,516) may also be a first name.
Liaw Demographics
Liaw Political Affiliation
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Liaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liaw occurs most in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liaw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 57,157th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 822,429 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Liaw reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 199,448th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 1,516 people.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 6,413 people, or 1 in 4,599. In Malaysia Liaw is most common in: Sabah, where 26 percent are found, Sarawak, where 22 percent are found and Selangor, where 20 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Singapore, where 5 percent are found.
Liaw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Liaw are 10.53% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.76% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Liaw earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 32.21% more than the national average, earning $57,048 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.06% more than the national average, earning $59,155 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liauw | 89 | 1,534 | / |
| Liawe | 89 | 422 | / |
| Liavw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Law | 86 | 246,411 | / |
| Glilaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liow | 75 | 6,975 | / |
| Lawe | 75 | 5,723 | / |
| Lauw | 75 | 2,264 | / |
| Liab | 75 | 1,340 | / |
| Leaw | 75 | 721 | / |
| Liav | 75 | 370 | / |
| Leiw | 75 | 36 | / |
| Laiw | 75 | 20 | / |
| Laaw | 75 | 19 | / |
| Lawf | 75 | 5 | / |
| Loiw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Layw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hlaw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Liaf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lyaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Laww | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hlawe | 67 | 448 | / |
| Liabø | 67 | 316 | / |
| Liova | 67 | 75 | / |
| Leiwe | 67 | 70 | / |
| Lauwe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Lahaw | 67 | 34 | / |
| Laawe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Laiwe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lawch | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lyawe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Leawe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lawhe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Liaft | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lauws | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liaib | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lachw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llauw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lauwf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Laszw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lawth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leaws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lawff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leisw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhauw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llavw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Liaw
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