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 more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kawang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 170,055th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,873,638 people. Kawang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Kawang live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 283,301st most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 831 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,190 people, or 1 in 62,084. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and Thailand, where 13 percent live.
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
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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 Kawang
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