Ah Kau Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Ah Kau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Kau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1261:234,08113,392
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ah Kau (3,467) may also be a first name.

Ah Kau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ah Kau is found most in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ah Kau.

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

This surname is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ah Kau live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 120,726th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 3,467 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 234,081. In Malaysia Ah Kau is mostly found in: Johor, where 40 percent reside, Sabah, where 13 percent reside and Malacca, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brunei, where 3 percent reside and Samoa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Ka913/
Ah Ku911/
Ah Kay8345/
Ah Kai8314/
Ah Kui835/
Ah Kou833/
Ah Keu831/
Ah Kha831/
Ah Kup831/
Ah Keat776/
Ah Keyu774/
Ah Khai771/
Ah Khui771/
Ah-Ka731/
Ah Kee6745/
Ah Kye6711/
Ah Koo674/
Ah Qai674/
Ah Koi673/
Ah Kie673/
Ah Key672/
Ah Koy671/
Ah Quat627/
Ah Khee622/
Ah Koye622/
Ah Quay622/
Ah Quah621/
Ah Cuitz5741/
Ah-Kee5011/
Ah-Kye507/
Ah-Koi501/
Ah Coo500/
Ah Coy500/

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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 Ah Kau
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