Duwang Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Duwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1031:227,6191,927
Papua New Guinea831:98,23813,191
Philippines721:1,406,086101,646
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Duwang (605) may also be a first name.

Duwang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Duwang (Tibetan: འདུ་དབང་།) is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Duwang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Duwang is the 940,398th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Duwang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Duwang live; 38 percent live in East Asia and 38 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Duwang is also the 339,798th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 605 people.

This last name is most widespread in Taiwan, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 227,619. In Taiwan it is most numerous in: Tainan City, where 29 percent live, Taichung City, where 19 percent live and New Taipei City, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and The Philippines, where 26 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deuwang929/
Douwang927/
Duwangs922/
Duhwang921/
Duwasing863/
Diwang83297/
Duwong83140/
Dowang83115/
Dubang8319/
Duvang832/
Duhuang7788/
Duevang7718/
Diewang7715/
Dihuang775/
Dhuwong774/
Douvang774/
Doubang774/
Dhuvang773/
Dowaing772/
Duwanqe772/
Dubeang771/
Deubang771/
Douwong771/
Doewang771/
Duwongs771/
Duvasing716/
Douhuang712/
Douwoung711/
Duwanque711/
Diwong671,375/
Dhuvasing6732/
Dowong6724/
Dubong6721/
Duveng675/
Divang675/
Duvéng674/
Dubanc672/
Duvong671/

Duwang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Duwang in the Tibetan language
འདུ་དབང་།duwang-

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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 Duwang
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