Kendong Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kendong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kendong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1511:137,54315,369
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kendong (55) may also be a first name.

Kendong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kendong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kendong? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kendong is the 1,064,392nd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname Kendong is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Kendong are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 55 people.

The surname Kendong is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 137,543. In Cameroon Kendong is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 19 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Kendong is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kendoung9311/
Kaendong933/
Kuendoung881/
Kendung86269/
Kindong86213/
Kendang86194/
Cendong8686/
Kyndong8643/
Chendong80151/
Kaendung80138/
Kemdoung8027/
Quendong8010/
Kenduting751/
Kindang71144/
Cendang7144/
Kindung7129/
Cindong7111/
Kemdang714/
Qindong713/
Kemdomg711/
Qendang711/
Chendang67693/
Quindong67381/
Chindong67105/
Kindeung6711/
Kimdoung674/
Cendangh671/
Chendung671/
Cindung5765/
Cindang571/
Quindang5330/
Chindang5327/
Chindung531/

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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 Kendong
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