Ah Boy Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Boy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Boy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ah Boy (50) may also be a first name.

Ah Boy Last Name Facts

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

Ah Boy is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Boy? popularity and diffusion

Ah Boy is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ah Boy reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous forename globally, borne by 50 people.

Ah Boy is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Ah Boy is most prevalent in: Johor, where 33 percent live, Penang, where 33 percent live and Selangor, where 33 percent live. Barring Malaysia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Boey923/
Ah Bo912/
Ah Boo832/
Ah Bye831/
Ah Bay831/
Ah Boh831/
Ah Ba7358/
Ah Be732/
Ah Bi731/
Ah Bah6754/
Ah Bee6742/
Ah Why6715/
Ah Baa6714/
Ah Woo673/
Ah Bui672/
Ah Voh671/
Ah Way671/
Ah Beh671/
Ah Waye6217/
Ah Bitt627/
Ah Vaye624/
Ah Huey622/
Ah Beji621/
Ah Huay621/
Ah Bash621/
Ah Whaye571/
Ah Wa558/
Ah Wee50101/
Ah Wah5046/
Ah Hua5034/
Ah Hui5024/
Ah Hwa5013/
Ah Vui5011/
Ah Wai509/
Ah Wat507/
Ah Wei502/
Ah-Beh501/
Ah Vee501/
Ah-Why501/

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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 Ah Boy
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