Pelawi Surname
Approximately 4,663 people bear this surname
Pelawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 4,648 | 1:28,453 | 3,355 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Pelawi (32) may also be a first name.
Pelawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelawi is most common in Indonesia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelawi is the 101,214th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,562,845 people. The last name Pelawi is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pelawi live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pelawi is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 32 people.
This last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 4,648 people, or 1 in 28,453. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: North Sumatra, where 80 percent reside, West Java, where 12 percent reside and Jakarta, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Pelawi exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelawai | 92 | 5 | / |
| Palawi | 83 | 190 | / |
| Pelawa | 83 | 96 | / |
| Pelabi | 83 | 7 | / |
| Palawai | 77 | 124 | / |
| Pahlawi | 77 | 109 | / |
| Pielawa | 77 | 74 | / |
| Pallawi | 77 | 74 | / |
| Palahwi | 77 | 64 | / |
| Paliawi | 77 | 13 | / |
| Pehlabi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Pelewei | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pelaway | 77 | 8 | / |
| Pelauwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pelabai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelewie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelaywa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pielavi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Philawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelowich | 71 | 35 | / |
| Phalawai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pallawii | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelabhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilawa | 67 | 1,142 | / |
| Palavi | 67 | 810 | / |
| Pelewe | 67 | 263 | / |
| Palawe | 67 | 236 | / |
| Pelowe | 67 | 73 | / |
| Pelava | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pilavi | 67 | 59 | / |
| Polowi | 67 | 43 | / |
| Palowi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pilabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peilowich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pelave | 67 | 2 | / |
| Polavi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Polawy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelevi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pelawi
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