Appong Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Appong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Appong (11) may also be a first name.
Appong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Appong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Appong is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Appong.
How Common Is The Last Name Appong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Appong is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Appong live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most common forename on earth, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 5,955,190. In The Philippines Appong is mostly concentrated in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 47 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 41 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
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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 Appong
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