Sulawan Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Thailand

Sulawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sulawan (1,511) may also be a first name.

Sulawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sulawan occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sulawan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulawan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sulawan reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sulawan is also the 199,883rd most frequently held forename in the world, held by 1,511 people.

The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Sulawan is most numerous in: East Java, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia Sulawan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

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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 Sulawan
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