Dhawan is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dhawan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dhawan

How popular is Dhawan?

Dhawan is common in India.

Dhawan is ranked 16713 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dhawans grew by 86.2661 per cent to 868 since 2000 and ranked 27707 after elevating 15922 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 89.98 83.69
White 4.72 6.01
Others 3.57 7.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.15 0
Dhawan is quite popular family name mostly used in India while United Arab Emirates is ahead in terms of density. Around 31417 people have been found who wears Dhawan as their family name. Dhawan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
497,106 Indonesia8
1,389 Grenada3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
46,068 Philippines3
67,494 South Africa3
5,859 Mauritius2
50,640 Switzerland2
8,995 Uganda2
23,344 Austria2
18,718 Thailand2
20,186 Kenya2
4,164 Vietnam2
40,064 Nigeria2
7,847 Albania1
18,969 Wales1
492,292 Ukraine1
5,589 Sudan1
15,705 Cameroon1
10,683 Cyprus1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
14,373 Jordan1
1,572 Macau1
56,169 Mexico1
5,872 Namibia1
47,891 Norway1
36,814 Romania1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
12,745 Luxembourg1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
15,547 New Zealand36
52,947 Netherlands31
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
14,048 Ireland16
86,938 Spain14
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,566 Qatar97
7,560 Finland97
117,149 France73
3,257 Hong Kong71
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Dhawan:
8,407 England790
14,537 Germany706
1,515 United Arab Emirates696
7,521 Canada554
7,729 Ghana320
9,789 Australia286
2,051 Oman248
28,734 Poland191
2,156 Singapore177
13,194 Malaysia126
3,092 Kuwait122
Countries with thousands of Dhawan:
25,592 United States1,197
Countries with ten thousands of Dhawan:
2,224 India25,359
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Dhawan Namesakes

  • Prem Dhawan, Lyricist
  • Shikhar Dhawan, Cricketer
  • David Dhawan, Film director
  • Varun Dhawan, Actor
  • David Dhawan, Film director
  • David Dhawan, Film director
  • Aliyah Dhawan, Ayesha Mukherjee's daughter
  • David Dhawan, Film director
  • Amit Dhawan, Actor
  • David Dhawan, Film director

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