Ah Yong Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Yong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Yong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia901:327,71417,651
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brunei11:418,7313,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Ah Yong (659) may also be a first name.

Ah Yong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ah Yong is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Ah Yong are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 323,427th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 659 people.

Ah Yong is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 327,714. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 69 percent are found, Johor, where 12 percent are found and Pahang, where 6 percent are found. Not including Malaysia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Yoong934/
Ah Yon921/
Ah Ying8618/
Ah Jong868/
Ah Yang864/
Ah Yoon863/
Ah-Yong862/
Ah Yone861/
Ah Heong808/
Ah Hiong804/
Ah Eng7759/
Ah-Yon7736/
Ah Yan7721/
Ah Jon7715/
Ah Ing774/
Ah Yionne7521/
Ah Hing7164/
Ah Heng7150/
Ah-Yoon7112/
Ah Jang717/
Ah Yane715/
Ah Jing712/
Ah Eung711/
Ah-Ying711/
Ah-Yone711/
Ah Joon711/
Ah Hiang676/
Ah Jeang671/
Ah Heang671/
Ah-Yionne6330/
Ah-Yan625/
Ah Ean623/
Ah Jan623/
Ah Yam623/
Ah-Hing5719/
Ah-Heng575/
Ah Hian573/
Ah-Yane572/
Ah Jaan571/
Ah Hean571/

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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 Yong
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