Palawa Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Palawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 672 | 1:196,799 | 18,716 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Palawa (195) may also be a first name.
Palawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palawa (Marathi: पालवा) is most common in Indonesia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 447,670th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Palawa reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 649,894th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 195 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 672 people, or 1 in 196,799. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Central Sulawesi, where 45 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 26 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 14 percent live. Not including Indonesia it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palawa in the Marathi language | ||
| पालवा | palava | 83.33 |
| पाळावा | palava | 16.67 |
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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
- 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 Palawa
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