Phonwat Surname

500,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Phonwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phonwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand6571:107,51715,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Phonwat (542) may also be a first name.

Phonwat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phonwat is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phonwat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 500,196th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Phonwat live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 361,930th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 542 people.

This surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 657 people, or 1 in 107,517. In Thailand it is most common in: Trang Province, where 44 percent live, Suphan Buri Province, where 16 percent live and Lopburi Province, where 15 percent live. Not including Thailand this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phonwate931/
Ponwat926/
Phoonweat881/
Phanwat86710/
Phonbat8688/
Phunwat8625/
Phonwot8613/
Phomwat861/
Phanwatt801/
Panwat772,009/
Punwat7796/
Ponbat771/
Ponwad771/
Phanbat71161/
Phachenwat7183/
Phumwat7161/
Ponnuat715/
Ponnwad713/
Paanwat711/
Founwat711/
Poomwatt671/

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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 Phonwat
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