Palowan Surname
Approximately 1,603 people bear this surname
Palowan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| India | 204 | 1:3,760,124 | 104,250 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Palowan (85) may also be a first name.
Palowan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palowan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palowan (Bengali: পালোয়ান) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palowan? popularity and diffusion
Palowan is the 247,967th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,546,192 people. Palowan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Palowan live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most common first name throughout the world It is held by 85 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,352 people, or 1 in 117,867. Excluding Bangladesh this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palowan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palowan in the Bengali language | ||
| পালোয়ান | paloyana | - |
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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 Palowan
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