Palawai Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Palawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 105 | 1:731,262 | 37,809 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
Palawai (30) may also be a first name.
Palawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palawai (Hindi: पालवाी) is found most in Iran. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palawai are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Palawai is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 30 people.
This surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 731,262. In Iran it is most frequent in: Gilan Province, where 27 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 15 percent live and Hamadan Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palawai in the Hindi language | ||
| पालवाी | palavai | - |
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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 Palawai
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