Jawing Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Jawing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jawing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia2321:127,1308,268
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Jawing (114) may also be a first name.

Jawing Last Name Facts

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

Jawing is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jawing? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jawing is the 980,795th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. Jawing is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Jawing reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jawing is also the 877,214th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 114 people.

Jawing is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 127,130. In Malaysia Jawing is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 94 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent are found and Johor, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jawaing924/
Jaiwaing861/
Sawing831,296/
Yawing831,291/
Jabing83286/
Jaweng83172/
Eawing835/
Jowing831/
Saawing7717/
Jiabing775/
Sawieng773/
Yawieng771/
Sahwing771/
Saiwing771/
Sawng733/
Yawng731/
Jabeng67264/
Jobing6787/
Yabing6728/
Yaweng6719/
Yowing6715/
Joweng672/
Sowing672/
Jabink672/
Jaithueng671/
Sawink671/
Zaweng671/
Zaibng671/
Zowing670/

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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 Jawing
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