Palaw Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2201:460,17455,940
India241:31,961,058386,265
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

Palaw (Marathi: पालव) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,028,911th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palaw are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 54 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 460,174. In The Philippines Palaw is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 61 percent are found, Soccsksargen, where 17 percent are found and Mimaropa, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palawe91236/
Pallaw9121/
Paslaw914/
Patlaw912/
Palyaw911/
Paliaw911/
Paulaw911/
Palayw910/
Paliawe8380/
Paslaaw8318/
Phalawe831/
Paullaw831/
Paelauw831/
Paalawe831/
Palav8012,993/
Palab80165/
Palow80153/
Palaf8020/
Pelaw8011/
Polaw802/
Palów801/
Pallab734,246/
Pallav73927/
Pahlow73843/
Palova73841/
Palowa73585/
Poolaw73177/
Pallow73128/
Paulow73113/
Pealow7364/
Paylow7322/
Palabh7317/
Pailow7311/
Palaiv739/
Pahlav739/
Phalab735/
Pallaf735/
Paalav734/
Paulaf733/
Phelaw733/
Palapf733/
Palaph733/
Palavt733/
Palavs732/
Palhav732/
Paleab731/
Palaav731/
Palosw731/
Pealab731/
Poliaw731/
Palhaf731/
Paulav731/
Paleiw731/
Palaft731/
Paulab731/
Phalow731/
Palyav731/
Palahv731/
Palows730/
Pallauf67461/
Palgova67204/
Paulova67105/
Palahyv6729/
Pallova6719/
Palhova6710/
Pailova6710/
Paylova675/
Pallabh675/
Phalaib675/
Pahalav674/
Paalova673/
Pailouw673/
Palaaiv673/
Palaubh673/
Paliova672/
Palhavt671/
Paullow671/
Patlavs671/
Palleav671/
Polaiwe671/
Phallab671/
Pahlova671/
Pallafe670/
Paitlow670/
Paalyow670/
Pallows670/
Paillow670/
Peaslow670/
Paislow670/

Palaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palaw in the Marathi language
पालवpalava-

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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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