Hongwu Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Hongwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 423 | 1:55,425 | 602 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Hongwu (117,776) may also be a first name.
Hongwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hongwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hongwu is most common in Taiwan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hongwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 685,266th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name Hongwu is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Hongwu are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 8,746th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 117,776 people.
The surname Hongwu is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 55,425. In Taiwan Hongwu is most frequent in: Kaohsiung City, where 34 percent are found, Tainan City, where 14 percent are found and Taichung City, where 9 percent are found. Besides Taiwan it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chongwu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hongwut | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ongwu | 91 | 39 | / |
| Chongwut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jongwu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hongvu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Hengwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ongwut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oungwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ongweu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Changwu | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ahungwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hongueu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houngbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hongbui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Angwu | 73 | 121 | / |
| Ungwu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Onkwu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Engwu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ongbu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Omgwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Chaungwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chongbuy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Changkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Johnngwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Engwau | 67 | 1,315 | / |
| Angwuh | 67 | 27 | / |
| Engweu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ongbou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Angwau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hungvu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ounkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jonkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aungwu | 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 Hongwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis