Palaw Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Palaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 220 | 1:460,174 | 55,940 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palaw (54) may also be a first name.
Palaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palaw (Marathi: पालव) is most common in The Philippines. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Palaw click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,028,911th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palaw reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 54 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 460,174. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 61 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 17 percent reside and Mimaropa, where 11 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palaw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palaw in the Marathi language | ||
| पालव | palava | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Palaw
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