Foong Yee Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Foong Yee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Foong Yee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foong Yee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foong Yee is most common in Singapore. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foong Yee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Foong Yee live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Singapore, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 262,272. Besides Singapore it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fong Yee | 94 | 6 | / |
| Fong-Yee | 82 | 100 | / |
| Fung Yee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fong Wee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Foong Yi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fong Yeh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fong Yeoh | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fon Kee | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fong Yu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fong-Ye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Foong | 71 | 15,634 | / |
| Fung-Yee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fong-Wee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foo Yeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fong Yoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fonogoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fongue | 67 | 772 | / |
| Fongwe | 67 | 224 | / |
| Fonghe | 67 | 36 | / |
| Fowong | 67 | 32 | / |
| Foyong | 67 | 13 | / |
| Fonkee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hfoong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fongay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonguy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fang Ye O | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foneke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonkye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouong | 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
- 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 Foong Yee
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