Kinching Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

Kinching Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinching Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Kinching (7) may also be a first name.

Kinching Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kinching is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinching? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kinching reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 7 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Kinching is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Kinching Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kinching has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kinching last name declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Kinching
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