Choong Surname
Approximately 6,682 people bear this surname
Choong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2,045 | 1:14,423 | 1,473 |
| Singapore | 1,459 | 1:3,775 | 283 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Australia | 616 | 1:43,824 | 5,552 |
| Thailand | 511 | 1:138,236 | 21,506 |
| United States | 450 | 1:805,464 | 62,023 |
| England | 220 | 1:253,264 | 20,438 |
| Canada | 191 | 1:192,909 | 18,967 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| China | 51 | 1:26,810,227 | 1,454 |
| Brunei | 50 | 1:8,375 | 1,042 |
| Mauritius | 47 | 1:27,520 | 5,467 |
| New Zealand | 44 | 1:102,916 | 13,667 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| South Korea | 17 | 1:3,014,133 | 592 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1:538,957 | 23,493 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Choong (31,229) may also be a first name.
Choong Demographics
Average Choong Salary in
United States
$50,074 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Choong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Choong (Russian: Чоонг) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 73,655th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,090,623 people. The last name Choong is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Choong reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 32 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 27,044th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 31,229 people.
The last name Choong is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 2,045 people, or 1 in 14,423. In Malaysia Choong is most numerous in: Selangor, where 35 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 19 percent reside and Perak, where 14 percent reside. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 22 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent reside.
Choong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Choong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Choong surname rose 45,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Choong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Choong last name are 20.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.49% registered with the political party.
The amount Choong earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.05% more than the national average, earning $50,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.99% more than the national average, earning $54,148 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Choong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Choong in the Russian language | ||
| Чоонг | coong | - |
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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 Choong
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