Kawang Surname
Approximately 2,536 people bear this surname
Kawang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,190 | 1:62,084 | 7,377 |
| Indonesia | 548 | 1:241,331 | 22,193 |
| Thailand | 319 | 1:221,437 | 37,236 |
| Papua New Guinea | 291 | 1:28,020 | 3,174 |
| Brunei | 62 | 1:6,754 | 919 |
| Malaysia | 60 | 1:491,570 | 24,692 |
| Nepal | 17 | 1:1,675,350 | 7,547 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kawang (831) may also be a first name.
Kawang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawang (Tibetan: ཀ་ཝང་) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kawang.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 170,055th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,873,638 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Kawang live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kawang is also the 283,301st most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 831 people.
The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,190 people, or 1 in 62,084. Aside from The DR Congo Kawang occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ཝང་ | kawang | - |
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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 Kawang
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