Kawong Surname
Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname
Kawong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 1,066 | 1:66,265 | 8,457 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kawong (75) may also be a first name.
Kawong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawong is found in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 328,117th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,443,454 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kawong live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kawong is also the 1,116,575th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 75 people.
Kawong is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is carried by 1,066 people, or 1 in 66,265. In Thailand Kawong is mostly concentrated in: Tak Province, where 33 percent are found, Nan Province, where 26 percent are found and Chiang Rai Province, where 14 percent are found. Barring Thailand it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kawong
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