Kenchang Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kenchang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenchang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Kenchang (15) may also be a first name.

Kenchang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kenchang is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenchang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kenchang reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia Kenchang is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 89 percent reside, Negeri Sembilan, where 5 percent reside and Pahang, where 5 percent reside. Other than Malaysia Kenchang is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Japan, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Kenchang
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