Palawi Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Palawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 82 | 1:1,612,795 | 106,468 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palawi (121) may also be a first name.
Palawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palawi (Marathi: पालवी) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palawi is the 1,227,038th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Palawi is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Palawi are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 44 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Palawi is also the 848,089th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 121 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 1,612,795. In Indonesia Palawi is most numerous in: North Sumatra, where 50 percent live, Riau, where 17 percent live and South Sumatra, where 12 percent live. Besides Indonesia it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palawi in the Marathi language | ||
| पालवी | palavi | 94.29 |
| पलवी | palavi | 5.71 |
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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 Palawi
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