Ah Seng Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Seng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Seng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1101:268,12914,980
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ah Seng (2,106) may also be a first name.

Ah Seng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ah Seng is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ah Seng reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Seng is also the 163,890th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,106 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 268,129. In Malaysia Ah Seng is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 18 percent live, Johor, where 13 percent live and Kedah, where 12 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 3 percent live and Mauritius, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Sheng931/
Ah Sen9280/
Ah Sing8680/
Ah-Seng866/
Ah Sien865/
Ah Ceng860/
Ah Cheng8036/
Ah Sehen801/
Ah Shing800/
Ah Sin7787/
Ah-Sen777/
Ah Syn774/
Ah Sem771/
Ah-Sing71178/
Ah Shin7111/
Ah-Sien716/
Ah Chen713/
Ah Jing712/
Ah Hsin711/
Ah Ching6788/
Ah Sim6229/
Ah-Sin6219/
Ah Chin5773/
Ah Chem571/
Ah-Ching538/
Ah-Cheen531/

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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 Seng
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