Salawin Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Salawin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salawin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Salawin (47) may also be a first name.

Salawin Last Name Facts

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

Salawin is found most in Thailand. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salawin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Salawin live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 47 people.

The surname Salawin is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 7,063,834. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Chiang Mai Province, where 70 percent reside, Bangkok, where 10 percent reside and Songkhla Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Thailand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 40 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 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 Salawin
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