Kasong Surname
Approximately 6,942 people bear this surname
Kasong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 6,793 | 1:10,876 | 1,348 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kasong (404) may also be a first name.
Kasong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kasong (Russian: Касонг) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kasong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasong? popularity and diffusion
Kasong is the 71,155th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,049,776 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kasong live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 429,175th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 404 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 6,793 people, or 1 in 10,876. Aside from The DR Congo this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Kasong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kasong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kasong surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kasong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kasong in the Russian language | ||
| Касонг | kasong | - |
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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 Kasong
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