Awong Surname
Approximately 1,399 people bear this surname
Awong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 575 | 1:36,120 | 4,863 |
| United States | 265 | 1:1,367,770 | 94,877 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 160 | 1:8,525 | 1,225 |
| Malaysia | 107 | 1:275,647 | 15,325 |
| Thailand | 105 | 1:672,746 | 112,498 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 | 1:10,034 | 1,440 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Awong (307) may also be a first name.
Awong Demographics
Average Awong Salary in
United States
$43,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Awong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awong is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awong is the 277,054th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,209,111 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Awong reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 34 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 502,288th most common first name world-wide, borne by 307 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 36,120. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 68 percent are found, Centre Region, where 24 percent are found and East Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 11 percent are found.
Awong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Awong are 36.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.66% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Awong earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $43,300 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $50,356 CAD per year.
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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 Awong
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