Guweng Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Guweng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guweng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Guweng (7) may also be a first name.

Guweng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guweng is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Guweng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guweng? popularity and diffusion

The surname Guweng is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Guweng is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Guweng live; 60 percent live in East Asia and 60 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Guweng is also the 4,548,448th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 7 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 7,814,915. In Taiwan Guweng is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 67 percent are found and Taichung City, where 33 percent are found. Not including Taiwan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goweng8360/
Giweng8331/
Guwing8328/
Gubeng8313/
Kgoweng771/
Gowng7314/
Ghoubeng711/
Gowing673,976/
Gubing67107/
Giwing6721/
Goubing620/

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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 Guweng
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