Kandong Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kandong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1581:837,02063,356
Philippines911:1,112,50890,748
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Malaysia311:951,42742,969
India201:38,353,269431,471
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kandong (817) may also be a first name.

Kandong Last Name Facts

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

Kandong has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandong? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 794,916th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. Kandong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Kandong reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 64 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kandong is also the 285,953rd most frequent forename globally, held by 817 people.

Kandong is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 837,020. In Indonesia Kandong is most common in: North Sulawesi, where 55 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 26 percent live and West Nusa Tenggara, where 8 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

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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 Kandong
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