Dongwang Surname

717,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Dongwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dongwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand3471:203,56933,741
Taiwan501:468,8953,561
China91:151,924,6187,954
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Dongwang (12,456) may also be a first name.

Dongwang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dongwang Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dongwang is most common in Thailand. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dongwang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dongwang is the 717,442nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name Dongwang is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dongwang are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 52,821st most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 12,456 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 203,569. In Thailand Dongwang is most frequent in: Surin Province, where 93 percent live, Bangkok, where 1 percent live and Buriram Province, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 12 percent live and China, where 2 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 Dongwang
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