Paliwang Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Paliwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paliwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1071:1,235,97486,893
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Paliwang (14) may also be a first name.

Paliwang Last Name Facts

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

Paliwang occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paliwang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Paliwang is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Paliwang live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 14 people.

The surname Paliwang is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 1,235,974. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: South Sulawesi, where 61 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 20 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 12 percent live. Not including Indonesia Paliwang exists in one country. It is also common in Japan, where 1 percent live.

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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 Paliwang
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