Japong Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Japong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Japong (21) may also be a first name.
Japong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Japong is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Japong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,994,173rd most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Japong are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Japong is also the 2,368,944th most common first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 702,243. In Malaysia Japong is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent are found and Sabah, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia Japong occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 42 percent are found and Ghana, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Japong
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