Pawas Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pawas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pawas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines761:1,332,08299,105
India341:22,560,747316,052
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Pawas (319) may also be a first name.

Pawas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pawas (Hindi: पावस, Marathi: पावस) is most common in The Philippines. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pawas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,628,521st most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Pawas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pawas live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 491,536th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 319 people.

The last name Pawas is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 1,332,082. In The Philippines Pawas is most frequent in: Soccsksargen, where 64 percent reside, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 12 percent reside and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 9 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pawase91596/
Pawass9118/
Paiwas9111/
Pawash913/
Pawwas911/
Paways911/
Pawaus911/
Paweas910/
Pawashe83256/
Pahawas833/
Paswash832/
Pawahse831/
Pashwas831/
Paawase831/
Paiwast831/
Pavas802,902/
Pabas80359/
Pawac8042/
Powas8012/
Pawaz805/
Pawaj802/
Pavase731,900/
Pabais7392/
Paivas7333/
Pabaus7325/
Paibas7318/
Paabos7314/
Pavash7310/
Pawaiz735/
Pasvas735/
Paweaz735/
Pavais735/
Patvas733/
Payvas732/
Paybas732/
Pawarz731/
Paswaj731/
Pawous731/
Pawwaz731/
Powaas731/
Powahs731/
Phavas731/
Pewais731/
Pahuas731/
Pawayz731/
Hpavas731/
Pewash730/
Pavashe674,191/
Pavahas6720/
Pewaush6718/
Pabhais674/
Pauweis671/
Powaisz671/
Payvash671/
Phavase671/

Pawas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pawas in the Hindi language
पावसpavasa-
Pawas in the Marathi language
पावसpavasa66.67
पवासpavasa33.33

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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 Pawas
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