Pahlawan Surname

73,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Pahlawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pahlawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan4,7501:6,769568
Indonesia1,7741:74,5497,983
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
France441:1,509,607143,950
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
England31:18,572,686338,250
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Pahlawan (2,194) may also be a first name.

Pahlawan Last Name Facts

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

Pahlawan (Hindi: पहलवान) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahlawan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pahlawan is the 73,220th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,083,489 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pahlawan reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Pahlawan is also the 159,896th most widely held first name internationally, held by 2,194 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 4,750 people, or 1 in 6,769. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Badakhshan, where 18 percent live, Paktika, where 15 percent live and Kabul, where 9 percent live. Outside of Afghanistan this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Pahlawan Last Name Statistics demography

Pahlawan earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.57% less than the national average, earning $40,955 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pahlawan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pahlawan in the Hindi language
पहलवानpahalavana-

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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 Pahlawan
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