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 has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kewang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kewang is the 659,458th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kewang live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 73,362nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,626 people.
Kewang is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 86,179. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 74 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Kewang
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