Most Common Surnames in Penang, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Penang

Forebears knows about 88,279 unique surnames in Penang and there are 19 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Malaysia
1	Tan	61,084	1:26	15.10%	1
2	Lim	43,680	1:37	12.84%	2
3	Lee	30,330	1:53	8.96%	3
4	Ng	23,075	1:70	11.00%	6
5	Ooi	18,793	1:86	32.91%	61
6	Ong	16,830	1:96	15.67%	19
7	bin Ahmad	13,556	1:119	6.87%	9
8	Teoh	13,087	1:123	32.12%	94
9	bin Ismail	12,691	1:127	6.26%	7
10	Goh	12,272	1:131	16.06%	34
11	binti Ahmad	12,170	1:132	6.39%	12
12	Wong	11,753	1:137	4.07%	4
13	binti Ismail	11,599	1:139	5.90%	10
14	Ang	10,672	1:151	23.51%	80
15	Teh	10,104	1:159	21.04%	76
16	bin Abdullah	9,763	1:165	4.89%	8
17	Khor	9,733	1:165	34.64%	144
18	Chan	9,661	1:167	7.43%	15
19	Yeoh	9,636	1:167	36.95%	160
20	binti Abdullah	8,219	1:196	4.20%	11
21	Wan	8,020	1:201	3.40%	5
22	Noor	7,991	1:201	8.16%	22
23	Loh	7,717	1:209	14.34%	65
24	Khoo	7,259	1:222	20.65%	110
25	Chong	7,111	1:226	4.13%	13
26	Chew	6,695	1:241	12.76%	67
27	Cheah	6,547	1:246	21.24%	132
28	Chin	6,361	1:253	5.99%	20
29	bin Othman	6,190	1:260	7.11%	26
29	Rahman	6,190	1:260	3.94%	14
31	Low	5,839	1:276	7.70%	35
32	Isa	5,727	1:281	7.08%	29
33	bin Hashim	5,664	1:284	9.00%	51
34	binti Othman	5,585	1:288	6.58%	27
35	Che	5,576	1:289	6.06%	24
36	Bakar	5,415	1:297	7.04%	33
37	Chuah	5,251	1:307	31.26%	265
38	Tang	5,210	1:309	12.22%	87
39	bin Ibrahim	5,078	1:317	4.55%	17
40	Ali	4,922	1:327	4.38%	16
41	Saad	4,911	1:328	13.11%	103
42	binti Hashim	4,808	1:335	7.67%	52
43	bin Abu Bakar	4,734	1:340	7.42%	48
44	binti Ibrahim	4,728	1:341	4.30%	18
45	Hamid	4,632	1:348	6.58%	41
46	Leong	4,484	1:359	6.37%	40
47	Koay	4,404	1:366	51.16%	518
48	bin Ishak	4,382	1:367	10.24%	86
49	Lau	4,368	1:369	7.74%	63
50	Rahim	4,204	1:383	6.68%	50
51	Loo	4,190	1:384	13.45%	130
52	bin Saad	4,149	1:388	12.20%	114
53	Yeap	4,059	1:397	34.99%	384
54	bin Hassan	4,022	1:400	5.55%	37
55	Yusof	3,822	1:421	4.18%	25
56	binti Ishak	3,796	1:424	9.26%	91
57	Choo	3,789	1:425	11.40%	119
58	Nor	3,757	1:429	3.68%	21
59	binti Saad	3,705	1:435	10.79%	112
60	bin Ramli	3,591	1:448	5.94%	56
61	binti Hassan	3,573	1:451	5.05%	39
62	Cheng	3,547	1:454	11.64%	133
63	Yusoff	3,546	1:454	7.33%	73
64	bin Omar	3,544	1:454	6.02%	57
65	Ho	3,497	1:460	6.08%	60
66	Aziz	3,476	1:463	4.39%	31
67	Sim	3,456	1:466	11.10%	131
68	binti Ramli	3,379	1:477	5.82%	59
69	Ismail	3,346	1:481	6.13%	64
70	Yap	3,307	1:487	3.55%	23
71	bin Zakaria	3,270	1:492	4.95%	43
72	Lai	3,263	1:493	4.73%	42
73	Hassan	3,230	1:499	5.32%	55
74	binti Omar	3,221	1:500	5.49%	58
75	Abidin	3,217	1:501	5.65%	62
76	bin Osman	3,144	1:512	7.42%	88
77	Ahmad	3,091	1:521	5.03%	54
78	Razak	3,068	1:525	6.11%	69
79	bin Mohamad	3,047	1:528	3.65%	28
80	binti Osman	3,012	1:535	7.32%	89
81	binti Zakaria	3,001	1:537	4.79%	53
82	Yong	2,966	1:543	3.82%	32
83	Heng	2,946	1:547	12.84%	193
84	binti Mohamad	2,918	1:552	3.66%	30
85	Bin Abdul Rahman	2,851	1:565	5.46%	68
86	bin Mohamed	2,826	1:570	3.93%	38
87	Mohamed	2,790	1:577	6.20%	82
88	Zain	2,760	1:583	5.57%	70
89	Liew	2,682	1:600	3.67%	36
90	Rashid	2,655	1:606	5.91%	83
91	Chee	2,623	1:614	9.15%	140
92	Beh	2,611	1:617	24.24%	408
93	bin Ali	2,571	1:626	3.92%	44
94	binti Mohamed	2,503	1:643	3.83%	45
95	Saw	2,489	1:647	22.55%	396
96	Salleh	2,466	1:653	3.80%	47
97	Khaw	2,405	1:670	38.15%	660
98	Chua	2,387	1:675	5.03%	79
99	Neoh	2,316	1:695	41.18%	724

100	Kang	2,293	1:702	18.85%	363
101	bin Yahaya	2,289	1:703	11.63%	225
102	Soon	2,276	1:707	14.35%	282
103	Foo	2,273	1:708	6.81%	118
104	binti Yahaya	2,251	1:715	12.24%	240
105	Hashim	2,240	1:719	7.06%	124
106	Kee	2,219	1:726	14.80%	299
107	Nasir	2,198	1:733	4.56%	74
108	Halim	2,196	1:733	6.24%	109
109	bin Rosli	2,189	1:736	6.92%	127
110	Chang	2,188	1:736	5.47%	96
111	Law	2,186	1:737	8.63%	168
112	Ibrahim	2,184	1:737	6.00%	107
112	Muniandy	2,184	1:737	15.64%	320
114	Eng	2,182	1:738	11.83%	239
115	Subramaniam	2,140	1:752	8.86%	180
116	bin Salleh	2,126	1:757	4.45%	77
117	Bin Abdul Rahim	2,118	1:760	10.32%	214
118	bin Hamid	2,094	1:769	7.54%	149
119	binti Ali	2,068	1:779	3.28%	49
120	binti Rosli	2,047	1:787	6.82%	136
121	bin Azmi	2,011	1:801	8.03%	172
122	Singh	2,000	1:805	6.11%	120
123	Wahab	1,992	1:808	4.85%	90
124	bin Awang	1,979	1:814	4.08%	72
125	Desa	1,951	1:825	14.55%	332
126	bin Yusof	1,938	1:831	4.50%	85
127	bin Harun	1,923	1:837	4.90%	98
128	bin Din	1,916	1:840	11.82%	274
129	binti Salleh	1,896	1:849	4.18%	81
130	binti Hamid	1,882	1:856	6.98%	156
131	Chen	1,863	1:864	4.97%	102
132	Poh	1,853	1:869	16.48%	388
133	binti Azmi	1,844	1:873	8.01%	191
134	Koh	1,830	1:880	4.89%	105
135	Gan	1,823	1:883	4.46%	93
136	Toh	1,815	1:887	9.71%	236
137	Yew	1,804	1:893	11.68%	290
138	binti Awang	1,801	1:894	3.69%	71
139	Radzi	1,780	1:905	9.71%	243
140	Cheong	1,777	1:906	5.59%	123
141	bin Mansor	1,742	1:924	7.50%	188
142	bin Abdul Hamid	1,713	1:940	6.94%	175
142	bin Mat	1,713	1:940	6.68%	164
144	bin Jaafar	1,710	1:942	5.10%	117
145	Fong	1,709	1:942	6.21%	153
146	binti Mat	1,696	1:949	6.63%	166
147	bin Bakar	1,695	1:950	7.82%	207
148	Hong	1,685	1:956	8.32%	219
149	bin Aziz	1,674	1:962	6.99%	184
150	bin Abd Rahman	1,663	1:968	4.26%	99
151	Quah	1,660	1:970	29.29%	718
152	Yee	1,656	1:972	5.44%	134
153	binti Mansor	1,645	1:979	7.00%	186
154	Oh	1,641	1:981	18.99%	514
155	Abdullah	1,638	1:983	2.52%	46
156	bin Idris	1,626	1:990	5.14%	126
157	binti Harun	1,617	1:996	4.36%	106
158	bin Yusoff	1,615	1:997	6.61%	176
159	bin Said	1,594	1:1,010	6.53%	178
160	binti Bakar	1,592	1:1,011	7.44%	208
161	binti Jaafar	1,587	1:1,015	5.04%	129
162	binti Din	1,583	1:1,017	9.93%	279
162	binti Yusof	1,583	1:1,017	3.87%	92
164	Ling	1,579	1:1,020	4.11%	100
165	Chow	1,568	1:1,027	6.08%	163
166	bin Roslan	1,567	1:1,028	6.53%	182
167	bin Sulaiman	1,560	1:1,032	3.27%	78
168	bin Abdul Aziz	1,556	1:1,035	5.88%	158
169	binti Yusoff	1,552	1:1,037	6.95%	201
170	Din	1,522	1:1,058	6.23%	177
171	binti Aziz	1,512	1:1,065	6.60%	194
172	bin Abdul Razak	1,492	1:1,079	7.81%	231
172	Fauzi	1,492	1:1,079	7.48%	222
174	bin Jamaludin	1,490	1:1,081	7.91%	234
175	bin Hussain	1,486	1:1,084	11.05%	330
176	binti Idris	1,477	1:1,090	4.85%	135
177	bin Zulkifli	1,474	1:1,092	6.09%	179
178	Said	1,469	1:1,096	4.23%	111
179	Daud	1,467	1:1,098	3.68%	97
180	Teng	1,465	1:1,099	9.97%	305
181	binti Sulaiman	1,464	1:1,100	3.40%	84
182	binti Roslan	1,463	1:1,101	6.28%	187
183	binti Said	1,453	1:1,108	6.06%	183
184	Khan	1,435	1:1,122	10.12%	316
185	Soo	1,423	1:1,132	6.49%	203
186	bin Ariffin	1,411	1:1,141	6.96%	217
187	Omar	1,392	1:1,157	5.64%	174
188	See	1,385	1:1,163	8.37%	270
189	Mat	1,378	1:1,168	5.39%	165
190	bin Nordin	1,351	1:1,192	4.68%	139
191	binti Jamaludin	1,346	1:1,196	7.62%	253
191	Ching	1,346	1:1,196	8.69%	289
193	Kok	1,340	1:1,202	5.91%	198
194	Ku	1,337	1:1,204	6.88%	230
195	binti Hussain	1,328	1:1,212	9.59%	322
196	binti Zainol	1,326	1:1,214	15.51%	523
197	bin Zainol	1,324	1:1,216	15.03%	505
198	Kong	1,322	1:1,218	3.50%	101
199	binti Zulkifli	1,315	1:1,224	5.81%	199

200	Chai	1,306	1:1,233	2.45%	66
201	bin Hasan	1,294	1:1,244	5.67%	196
201	Leow	1,294	1:1,244	12.78%	430
203	Hussain	1,280	1:1,258	11.80%	404
204	Tay	1,246	1:1,292	4.46%	148
205	H'Ng	1,241	1:1,297	56.59%	1,388
206	binti Nordin	1,237	1:1,302	4.46%	150
207	Ghani	1,208	1:1,333	2.51%	75
208	bin Shaari	1,204	1:1,337	7.61%	283
209	Amin	1,198	1:1,344	2.94%	95
210	Teo	1,196	1:1,346	3.31%	108
211	bin Musa	1,195	1:1,347	4.03%	138
212	Pang	1,191	1:1,352	3.72%	121
213	Krishnan	1,185	1:1,359	8.04%	304
214	bin Samsudin	1,180	1:1,365	6.27%	235
215	binti Ariffin	1,177	1:1,368	5.98%	226
216	Zaki	1,172	1:1,374	7.51%	286
217	Othman	1,161	1:1,387	5.33%	205
218	bin Darus	1,158	1:1,390	14.60%	558
219	Lam	1,157	1:1,392	5.02%	190
220	Shah	1,144	1:1,407	3.40%	116
221	Kamal	1,141	1:1,411	5.69%	221
222	Oon	1,137	1:1,416	25.29%	825
223	bin Abd Rahim	1,136	1:1,417	7.52%	297
224	Shariff	1,135	1:1,419	10.33%	399
225	binti Musa	1,129	1:1,426	3.96%	142
226	Lin	1,128	1:1,427	7.30%	290
227	binti Samsudin	1,126	1:1,430	6.28%	248
228	bin Hamzah	1,125	1:1,431	3.51%	122
229	Mydin	1,123	1:1,434	61.17%	1,586
230	Tham	1,122	1:1,435	6.20%	245
231	Kumar	1,121	1:1,436	7.04%	280
232	Seow	1,111	1:1,449	14.37%	568
233	binti Hamzah	1,094	1:1,472	3.47%	128
234	bin Yahya	1,093	1:1,473	3.90%	146
235	Azmi	1,087	1:1,481	4.52%	181
236	bin Man	1,083	1:1,487	9.31%	382
237	bin Ghazali	1,078	1:1,494	5.42%	223
238	bin Abdul Wahab	1,063	1:1,515	6.85%	288
238	binti Hasan	1,063	1:1,515	5.01%	210
240	Kassim	1,062	1:1,516	6.20%	261
241	binti Ghazali	1,061	1:1,518	5.72%	238
242	bin Razali	1,036	1:1,554	4.01%	162
243	Wei	1,032	1:1,560	10.74%	460
244	bin Abd Hamid	1,023	1:1,574	5.85%	256
244	bin Abdul Halim	1,023	1:1,574	7.92%	345
246	bin Johari	1,021	1:1,577	5.60%	244
247	binti Man	1,020	1:1,579	8.61%	377
248	Gooi	1,019	1:1,580	49.32%	1,461
249	Hor	1,014	1:1,588	18.71%	743
250	bin Mustafa	1,006	1:1,601	5.14%	228
251	binti Johari	1,004	1:1,604	5.71%	255
252	bin Saidin	996	1:1,617	10.29%	456
252	binti Darus	996	1:1,617	13.34%	581
254	Chung	993	1:1,622	3.96%	170
255	Chia	988	1:1,630	2.88%	113
256	bin Daud	984	1:1,636	3.11%	125
256	Looi	984	1:1,636	13.16%	580
258	binti Azizan	970	1:1,660	9.51%	426
259	bin Abu Hassan	969	1:1,662	7.99%	365
260	Seng	968	1:1,663	8.07%	369
261	binti Razali	967	1:1,665	3.89%	173
262	Majid	960	1:1,677	4.25%	200
263	Lye	955	1:1,686	16.71%	711
264	binti Yahya	951	1:1,693	3.49%	154
265	Zaini	939	1:1,715	7.01%	334
266	bin Azizan	935	1:1,722	8.86%	416
267	Karim	930	1:1,731	3.56%	159
268	bin Azman	929	1:1,733	4.91%	233
269	bin Abd Razak	924	1:1,743	6.04%	294
270	binti Shaari	921	1:1,748	5.98%	293
271	Idris	918	1:1,754	4.69%	229
272	Wang	916	1:1,758	7.65%	371
273	bin Alias	915	1:1,760	3.45%	157
274	binti Saidin	913	1:1,764	10.05%	490
275	Boon	906	1:1,777	11.81%	572
276	bin Azhar	904	1:1,781	8.70%	421
277	binti Daud	897	1:1,795	3.03%	137
277	Sabri	897	1:1,795	6.22%	311
279	Anuar	887	1:1,815	4.35%	216
280	Arumugam	882	1:1,826	10.29%	522
281	Rosli	879	1:1,832	5.39%	273
282	bin Hussin	877	1:1,836	3.06%	141
283	Tahir	874	1:1,842	4.00%	204
284	bin Arshad	871	1:1,849	8.35%	419
285	Ishak	865	1:1,861	6.87%	354
286	Tee	862	1:1,868	2.30%	104
287	binti Mustafa	859	1:1,874	4.85%	251
288	bin Jamil	857	1:1,879	6.69%	347
289	Mohamad	850	1:1,894	4.11%	212
290	binti Hussin	840	1:1,917	2.99%	145
291	Oo	838	1:1,921	39.16%	1,418
292	bin Adnan	832	1:1,935	5.31%	284
293	Foong	830	1:1,940	6.69%	358
294	Phang	825	1:1,952	5.64%	309
295	Ariffin	824	1:1,954	4.20%	227
295	binti Alias	824	1:1,954	3.17%	161
297	Zin	821	1:1,961	2.43%	115
298	Kuan	819	1:1,966	8.73%	470
299	bin Haron	817	1:1,971	6.31%	342

300	bin Abdul	815	1:1,976	5.50%	301
301	bin Rahim	814	1:1,978	6.82%	373
302	Akhir	806	1:1,998	8.51%	465
303	Rodzi	804	1:2,003	13.28%	677
304	Li	803	1:2,005	8.10%	439
305	Devi	802	1:2,008	6.21%	344
305	Hasan	802	1:2,008	4.76%	264
307	Ewe	800	1:2,013	40.24%	1,500
308	Jamil	799	1:2,015	5.83%	323
309	binti Adnan	796	1:2,023	5.39%	302
309	binti Rahim	796	1:2,023	7.08%	389
311	bin Muhamad	792	1:2,033	3.47%	195
312	Choudhary'ng	789	1:2,041	31.76%	1,261
313	Seah	788	1:2,043	19.69%	900
314	binti Arshad	786	1:2,049	7.58%	422
314	Ramli	786	1:2,049	3.68%	209
316	Azhar	780	1:2,064	7.23%	407
317	Loke	779	1:2,067	6.22%	357
318	Mah	776	1:2,075	8.23%	467
319	Thor	773	1:2,083	51.16%	1,846
320	binti Azman	772	1:2,086	4.57%	262
321	bin Kamarudin	771	1:2,088	4.30%	247
322	Osman	766	1:2,102	6.64%	385
323	Jalil	761	1:2,116	4.54%	267
323	Mas	761	1:2,116	6.00%	351
325	Rani	751	1:2,144	4.09%	241
326	binti Azhar	749	1:2,150	8.17%	483
327	Kadir	745	1:2,161	2.75%	155
328	bin Anuar	744	1:2,164	5.23%	315
329	binti Haron	743	1:2,167	5.65%	341
330	bin Abd Aziz	737	1:2,185	4.01%	242
330	binti Kamarudin	737	1:2,185	4.22%	256
332	Noh	728	1:2,212	2.91%	171
333	binti Jamil	726	1:2,218	5.92%	361
334	Heah	723	1:2,227	52.85%	1,989
335	binti Anuar	721	1:2,233	5.40%	336
336	Hoo	715	1:2,252	6.43%	393