Pawit Surname

418,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Pawit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pawit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia7971:165,93416,105
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588

Pawit (11,297) may also be a first name.

Pawit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pawit occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pawit? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 418,171st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pawit live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 56,468th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 11,297 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 797 people, or 1 in 165,934. In Indonesia Pawit is most prevalent in: Central Java, where 76 percent are found, North Sumatra, where 7 percent are found and Jambi, where 3 percent are found. Besides Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paswit9113/
Pawite914/
Pawait911/
Pawid80387/
Pabit80283/
Pavit8056/
Powit8036/
Pawet8035/
Pewit800/
Passwitt770/
Pavitt732,372/
Pewitt731,484/
Paviot731,208/
Phawet73685/
Paswet73502/
Pasuit73371/
Paviet73360/
Pawaid7378/
Paivet7320/
Pauvit7315/
Pavith735/
Paveit735/
Powitt734/
Pavait733/
Pawest733/
Pauwet731/
Pawuet731/
Powiot731/
Pawett731/
Pavite731/
Paiuet731/
Phowit731/
Pasweth67142/
Paswett67103/
Pouvait6751/
Pfawaid6713/
Pavitte679/
Phaiwet674/
Peavitt673/
Poewitt671/
Peweitt671/
Pajhwet671/
Pauvitt670/
Peewitt670/
Paviott670/
Paviett670/

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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 Pawit
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