Plw Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Plw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Plw (11) may also be a first name.

Plw Last Name Facts

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

Plw has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Plw reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Plw is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 11 people.

The surname Plw is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 17,659,586. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Bangkok, where 25 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 25 percent live and Pattani Province, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plew861,292/
Pelw864/
Phlw862/
Plhw862/
Plwe862/
Hplw861/
Bplw861/
Pflw861/
Pplw861/
Plwf861/
Plvw861/
Plws861/
Pylw860/
Plews752,183/
Plewe75714/
Pehlw7512/
Peelw752/
Hplww751/
Pielw751/
Plehwe6764/
Plb6726/
Plv679/
Plf671/
Peelws671/

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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 Plw
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