Palawan Surname

104,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3,2341:31,3044,565
Thailand1,1681:60,4787,517
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
India121:63,922,115578,870
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
England81:6,964,757184,742
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Palawan (715) may also be a first name.

Palawan Last Name Facts

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

Palawan (Marathi: पासवान, Oriya: ପାଲୱାନ) is found most in The Philippines. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palawan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palawan is the 104,210th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,617,298 people. The surname Palawan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Palawan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 45 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 308,804th most common first name world-wide It is held by 715 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 3,234 people, or 1 in 31,304. In The Philippines it is most common in: Soccsksargen, where 41 percent are found, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 37 percent are found and Davao Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palawan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palawan in the Oriya language
ପାଲୱାନpalawana-
Palawan in the Marathi language
पासवानpasavana50
पालवनpalavana50

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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 Palawan
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