Kewong Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kewong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kewong (32) may also be a first name.
Kewong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kewong occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewong? popularity and diffusion
Kewong is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kewong live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kewong is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 32 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Kewong is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent live, Southwest Region, where 37 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
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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 Kewong
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