Pahaw Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pahaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pahaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Pahaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pahaw is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pahaw live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Pahaw is most frequent in: Sabah, where 100 percent reside. Beside Malaysia Pahaw exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 14 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phaw89148/
Pahw8970/
Paaw8921/
Pahav80204/
Phaiw803/
Pashw802/
Paw7510,582/
Pauw672,893/
Phav671,827/
Phab671,147/
Phow6745/
Paph6732/
Paab6720/
Paiw6719/
Phaf6715/
Pahv679/
Peaw677/
Paww672/
Pajw672/
Pfaw672/
Bpaw671/
Pafh671/
Paaf671/
Pawf670/

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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 Pahaw
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