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
Palowan (Bengali: পালোয়ান) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palowan? popularity and diffusion
Palowan is the 247,967th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,546,192 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Palowan are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Palowan is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 85 people.
Palowan is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,352 people, or 1 in 117,867. Apart from Bangladesh Palowan is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
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
- 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 Palowan
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