Golong Surname
Approximately 2,535 people bear this surname
Golong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,453 | 1:69,675 | 11,962 |
| Iran | 741 | 1:103,620 | 10,047 |
| Papua New Guinea | 168 | 1:48,534 | 6,056 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Golong (252) may also be a first name.
Golong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Golong (Tibetan: སྒོ་ལོང་) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Golong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Golong is the 170,101st most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,874,772 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Golong reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 561,423rd most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 252 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,453 people, or 1 in 69,675. In The Philippines Golong is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 64 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 17 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Golong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Golong in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒོ་ལོང་ | golong | 50 |
| སྒོ་སློང་ | golong | 25 |
| དགོ་ལོང་ | golong | 25 |
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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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- 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 Golong
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