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 held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palawan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 104,210th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,617,298 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palawan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 45 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Palawan is also the 308,804th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 715 people.

The surname Palawan is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 3,234 people, or 1 in 31,304. In The Philippines Palawan is most numerous in: Soccsksargen, where 41 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 37 percent live and Davao Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from The Philippines Palawan exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

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
  • 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 Palawan
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