Kagong Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kagong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kagong (25) may also be a first name.

Kagong Last Name Facts

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

Kagong is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagong? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,414,640th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Kagong live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kagong is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 25 people.

It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 66 percent reside, Madang, where 31 percent reside and East New Britain, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kangong9287/
Kanghong8621/
Kanggong866/
Kagung8393/
Cagong839/
Kegong838/
Kagang834/
Kogong831/
Kongong77258/
Koghong7722/
Keugong7719/
Caigong7715/
Caggong7714/
Kaigang774/
Kougong772/
Kaygang771/
Keakgosing751/
Khongong718/
Konggong713/
Keugoung712/
Kgokgong711/
Canggong711/
Cagang673,380/
Kogang6767/
Kegang6722/
Cainghong671/
Keinghong671/

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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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  • 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 Kagong
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