Palavan Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Palavan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palavan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4561:170,66113,062
India471:16,320,540259,912
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Palavan (85) may also be a first name.

Palavan Last Name Facts

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

Palavan (Hindi: पलवान, Marathi: पालवन) is most common in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palavan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 590,101st most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname Palavan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Palavan reside; 61 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Palavan is also the 1,039,322nd most common forename throughout the world, borne by 85 people.

The surname Palavan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 170,661. In Turkey Palavan is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 41 percent live, Ardahan Province, where 20 percent live and Bursa Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Palavan Last Name Statistics demography

Palavan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palavan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palavan in the Hindi language
पलवानpalavana54.55
पालवानpalavana27.27
पलवनpalavana9.09
पलवणpalavana9.09
Palavan in the Marathi language
पालवनpalavana33.33
पैलवानpailavana33.33
पलावनpalavana16.67
पलवनpalavana16.67

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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 Palavan
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