Phowan Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Phowan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Phowan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phowan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phowan is found most in Thailand. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phowan? popularity and diffusion
Phowan is the 2,776,799th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Phowan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Phowan are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Tai-Asia.
The surname Phowan is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 1,569,741. In Thailand Phowan is most frequent in: Bangkok, where 47 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 9 percent reside and Nong Khai Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Denmark, where 2 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
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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 Phowan
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