Penawar Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Penawar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penawar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765

Penawar (28) may also be a first name.

Penawar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penawar is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penawar? popularity and diffusion

Penawar is the 3,017,195th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Penawar reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 28 people.

This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 3,391,005. In Indonesia it is most common in: Aceh, where 56 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 36 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 5 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Penawar
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