Phawang Surname

526,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Phawang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phawang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand6141:115,04616,989
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Phawang (72) may also be a first name.

Phawang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phawang is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phawang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Phawang is the 526,921st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,849,668 people. The surname Phawang is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Phawang are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Phawang is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 72 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 614 people, or 1 in 115,046. In Thailand Phawang is mostly found in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 53 percent are found, Sakon Nakhon Province, where 20 percent are found and Udon Thani Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Thailand Phawang exists in one country. It is also found in Finland, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Phawang
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