Alwong Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Alwong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 191 | 1:204,394 | 16,279 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Alwong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alwong is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Alwong.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwong? popularity and diffusion
Alwong is the 1,218,745th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alwong reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 204,394. In Uganda Alwong is primarily found in: Kole District, where 26 percent reside, Oyam District, where 25 percent reside and Lira District, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Alwong
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