Kewang Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Kewang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 241 | 1:86,179 | 10,438 |
| Taiwan | 131 | 1:178,968 | 1,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kewang (7,626) may also be a first name.
Kewang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kewang is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 659,458th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kewang are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kewang is also the 73,362nd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 7,626 people.
The last name Kewang is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 86,179. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 74 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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
- 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 Kewang
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