Panw Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Panw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Panw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan261:6,870,91939,117
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Panw (18) may also be a first name.

Panw Last Name Facts

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

Panw occurs most in Pakistan. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Panw? popularity and diffusion

Panw is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Panw is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Panw live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Panw is also the 2,608,198th most common first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,870,919. In Pakistan Panw is primarily found in: Sindh, where 73 percent are found and Punjab, where 27 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Panhw8919/
Panwe898/
Panws891/
Paynw891/
Panwsh801/
Paynew801/
Paynwe801/
Painew800/
Panv759/
Panf755/
Pamw751/
Panph679/
Phanb672/
Panvs672/
Ponwe672/
Panft672/
Paynf672/
Paanb672/
Poonw671/
Panfe671/

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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 Panw
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