Bongsu Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Bongsu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 308 | 1:95,760 | 6,604 |
| Brunei | 65 | 1:6,442 | 888 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Bongsu (857) may also be a first name.
Bongsu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongsu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bongsu is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongsu? popularity and diffusion
Bongsu is the 701,000th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bongsu live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 278,206th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 857 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 95,760. In Malaysia Bongsu is primarily concentrated in: Kelantan, where 49 percent live, Sabah, where 16 percent live and Johor, where 6 percent live. Besides Malaysia it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Brunei, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bongsui | 92 | 6 | / |
| Bongsuh | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bongsup | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bongsud | 92 | 1 | / |
| Boungsu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Boungsou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Bongshui | 86 | 2 | / |
| Boongsud | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bongsiuy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bungsu | 83 | 2,626 | / |
| Wongsu | 83 | 50 | / |
| Bangsu | 83 | 48 | / |
| Wongsui | 77 | 298 | / |
| Wongsut | 77 | 210 | / |
| Bungsut | 77 | 24 | / |
| Wongsud | 77 | 9 | / |
| Bongsoo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wongsup | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bangsou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bungsuh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bangshu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vongsau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bungsud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wongsuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vongsut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vongsup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vongsui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bangsut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bonxu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bounksou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wangsu | 67 | 13,978 | / |
| Bungxu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Boncsó | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bangju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahangsou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bongsu
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