Anchong Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Anchong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Anchong (997) may also be a first name.
Anchong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anchong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anchong occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anchong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Anchong is the 1,683,218th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Anchong reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 63 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 254,871st most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 997 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 398,571. In Malaysia Anchong is most common in: Sarawak, where 91 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent reside and Sabah, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia Anchong occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 5 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 Anchong
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