Embong Surname
Approximately 2,489 people bear this surname
Embong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,808 | 1:16,313 | 1,601 |
| Philippines | 342 | 1:296,018 | 42,184 |
| Indonesia | 241 | 1:548,752 | 44,260 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Embong (1,386) may also be a first name.
Embong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Embong has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Embong is the 172,777th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,927,901 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Embong live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 210,279th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 1,386 people.
The last name Embong is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 1,808 people, or 1 in 16,313. In Malaysia Embong is most common in: Terengganu, where 64 percent are found, Selangor, where 9 percent are found and Pahang, where 8 percent are found. Other than Malaysia Embong exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Embong
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