Sulaw Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sulaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sulaw (38) may also be a first name.

Sulaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sulaw is most common in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sulaw are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 65 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sulaw is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 38 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sabah, where 55 percent reside and Sarawak, where 45 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia Sulaw is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 35 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shulaw91146/
Sulawe913/
Shullaw83137/
Solaw8030/
Sulow8013/
Sulaf807/
Sulab807/
Sulav804/
Julaw801/
Sulawová771/
Sulova73214/
Suslow73175/
Sulabh73163/
Sutlow7333/
Soulaf7332/
Juliaw7329/
Sullow7320/
Saulav7312/
Sulhav735/
Suslav734/
Sulaib733/
Sulaff733/
Shulab732/
Sulafe732/
Shulow731/
Sullav731/
Sullaf731/
Sulhaf731/
Sulaab731/
Suelow731/
Solauw731/
Saulab731/
Shulav731/
Culiaw731/
Sulauf730/
Sulowa730/
Coulaw730/
Soulow730/
Saulova67436/
Shillaw67110/
Shulova6793/
Saulauf6743/
Soulafe678/
Soulova677/
Suliova675/
Shulabh675/
Saulaph674/
Sullova673/
Suhlova673/
Suilowa672/
Schulow671/
Suislow671/
Shaulaf671/
Shulaiv671/
Schulab671/
Choulaw671/
Saulabh671/
Shaulab671/
Shujlab671/
Shullow670/
Scullow670/

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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 Sulaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis