Ganggong Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ganggong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganggong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Ganggong (54) may also be a first name.

Ganggong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ganggong is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganggong? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ganggong is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Ganggong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Ganggong live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ganggong is also the 1,350,955th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 54 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 80 percent live and Malacca, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 40 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 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
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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 Ganggong
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