Ah Kin Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Ah Kin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Kin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Ah Kin (222) may also be a first name.

Ah Kin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ah Kin is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ah Kin click here.

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

The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Ah Kin is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Ah Kin reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 605,116th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 222 people.

Ah Kin is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Johor, where 50 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 7 percent are found and Malacca, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Mauritius, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Kion921/
Ah Ken832/
Ah Chin7773/
Ah-King779/
Ah-Kion773/
Ah Keun772/
Ah Kuen771/
Ah-Ken679/
Ah Qune624/
Ah Chen623/

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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 Kin
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