Kong Surname

181^st

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 2,965,361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

China

Highest density in:

Cambodia

Kong Surname User-submission:

In Chinese, the character, 龚, is composed of the two characters 龙 (upper character, meaning 'dragon') and 共 (lower character, meaning 'altogether', 'common', 'general', 'shared' or 'together')

Kong Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
China	2,461,763	1:555	91
Cambodia	153,806	1:101	5
South Korea	96,625	1:530	47
South Sudan	83,491	1:137	22
Hong Kong	42,856	1:171	44
Malaysia	37,808	1:780	101
Singapore	24,647	1:223	35
United States	16,535	1:21,921	2,755
Taiwan	8,011	1:2,927	105
Thailand	7,434	1:9,502	520
Indonesia	4,660	1:28,380	3,343
Sudan	3,640	1:10,305	1,452
Macau	3,511	1:171	45
Canada	3,391	1:10,866	1,636
Australia	2,704	1:9,984	1,484
Philippines	2,441	1:41,474	6,538
Cameroon	1,703	1:12,196	1,649
England	1,188	1:46,901	5,897
Jamaica	798	1:3,596	516
Brunei	731	1:573	107
France	730	1:90,990	13,122
Papua New Guinea	702	1:11,615	1,048
Peru	589	1:53,963	4,461
Vietnam	576	1:160,844	883
Kenya	416	1:111,009	9,481
Chile	352	1:50,047	2,273
New Zealand	327	1:13,848	2,406
Mauritius	299	1:4,326	855
United Arab Emirates	267	1:34,316	3,660
Japan	247	1:517,588	14,692
Netherlands	245	1:68,927	11,758
Egypt	214	1:429,606	25,756
Vanuatu	157	1:1,677	485
Brazil	148	1:1,446,448	48,665
Spain	144	1:324,667	19,093
Trinidad and Tobago	144	1:9,472	1,325
Portugal	132	1:78,926	3,983
Germany	125	1:644,044	50,561
Russia	116	1:1,242,440	90,032
Dominican Republic	108	1:96,601	4,209
Panama	94	1:41,620	2,166
Guatemala	85	1:189,208	3,740
Mexico	79	1:1,571,218	16,633
Suriname	77	1:7,177	1,738
French Polynesia	74	1:3,795	856
Sweden	73	1:134,887	9,541
Scotland	72	1:74,359	5,625
Ecuador	70	1:227,226	8,217
India	65	1:11,801,006	214,148
Nigeria	59	1:3,002,420	93,371
South Africa	55	1:985,049	61,274
Wales	52	1:59,510	5,360
Argentina	51	1:838,106	54,910
Ethiopia	49	1:1,990,740	8,024
DR Congo	48	1:1,539,158	86,567
Switzerland	40	1:205,323	17,881
Qatar	37	1:63,730	6,585
Belgium	31	1:370,859	40,209
Iran	31	1:2,476,856	81,358
Denmark	30	1:188,157	15,676
Norway	27	1:190,455	22,163
Costa Rica	25	1:191,203	2,498
Laos	25	1:263,533	260
Venezuela	23	1:1,313,221	18,235
Austria	22	1:387,065	40,442
Guam	21	1:7,625	1,143
Luxembourg	20	1:29,027	5,175
Ireland	18	1:261,608	9,673
Myanmar	16	1:3,246,124	792
Pakistan	15	1:11,909,592	53,778
Afghanistan	14	1:2,296,656	15,575
Guyana	14	1:54,444	4,775
Finland	10	1:549,670	32,186
Italy	10	1:6,115,669	111,715
Uganda	10	1:3,903,928	93,934
Zimbabwe	10	1:1,543,824	78,460
Belize	9	1:39,497	2,328
Saudi Arabia	9	1:3,428,424	32,607
Greenland	7	1:8,054	710
Ivory Coast	7	1:3,295,890	46,139
Paraguay	5	1:1,447,349	11,454
Belarus	4	1:2,375,265	105,497
Fiji	4	1:223,598	2,635
Libya	4	1:1,560,994	3,087
Poland	4	1:9,502,187	181,606
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Barbados	3	1:95,816	1,797
Benin	3	1:3,445,201	77,822
Cayman Islands	3	1:21,298	1,488
Jersey	3	1:33,067	4,675
Liberia	3	1:1,469,512	38,766
Tanzania	3	1:17,647,204	107,932
Northern Ireland	2	1:922,518	18,701
Congo	2	1:2,494,548	28,763
Cyprus	2	1:442,438	9,493
Czechia	2	1:5,316,734	169,646
Israel	2	1:4,278,817	136,311
Jordan	2	1:4,421,218	22,351
Turkey	2	1:38,910,711	171,901
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Angola	1	1:26,989,214	11,853
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Bangladesh	1	1:159,356,773	26,077
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Cuba	1	1:11,522,716	17,380
East Timor	1	1:1,215,928	507
El Salvador	1	1:6,343,888	8,415
Estonia	1	1:1,321,804	40,178
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Ghana	1	1:27,020,692	23,742
Greece	1	1:11,079,790	145,225
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Kazakhstan	1	1:17,682,496	204,010
Kuwait	1	1:3,800,694	27,187
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Liechtenstein	1	1:38,378	1,726
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Nicaragua	1	1:6,021,090	8,768
Niger	1	1:19,192,017	110,060
North Korea	1	1:25,117,046	108
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Saint Martin	1	1:35,156	229
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Somalia	1	1:13,452,061	9,224
Sri Lanka	1	1:20,808,560	18,521
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Uruguay	1	1:3,431,758	38,295

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	6	1:4,062,562	101,150

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	142	1:353,653	27,017

Kong (204,454) may also be a first name.

Kong Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

In Chinese, the character, 龚, is composed of the two characters 龙 (upper character, meaning 'dragon') and 共 (lower character, meaning 'altogether', 'common', 'general', 'shared' or 'together')

- lolcura

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Kong Demographics

Average Kong Salary in
United States

$48,702^USD

Per year

Rank:

444,422 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.00463975

Rank: 2,664 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

112.87%

Sample size: 8,125 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Kong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kong Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Kong (Hindi: कोंग, Marathi: कॉग, Russian: Конг, Tibetan: སྐོང་།) is found most frequently in China. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kong? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Kong is the 181^st most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,458 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kong reside; 88 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Kong is also the 5,099^th most commonly held forename globally, held by 204,454 people.

Kong is most commonly used in China, where it is held by 2,461,763 people, or 1 in 555. Apart from China it occurs in 137 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 5 percent are found and South Korea, where 3 percent are found.

Kong Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Kong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kong surname rose 11,644 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 19,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kong Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (43%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Kong surname are 14.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.34% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kong earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.07% more than the national average, earning 415,537 kr per year; in Peru they earn 41.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,389 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.26% more than the national average, earning R 406,980 per year; in United States they earn 12.87% more than the national average, earning $48,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.47% more than the national average, earning $57,367 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Khong	89	51,299	/
Kuong	89	11,334	/
Koung	89	1,947	/
Koong	89	647	/
Koeng	89	339	/
Kongk	89	147	/
Koing	89	94	/
Kohng	89	14	/
Kongt	89	9	/
Kongp	89	8	/
Hkong	89	6	/
Kongh	89	5	/
Kkong	89	5	/
Kcong	89	4	/
Kongg	89	2	/
Koyng	89	1	/
Konng	89	1	/
Ckong	89	1	/
Kongz	89	1	/
Khuong	80	17,169	/
Khoong	80	472	/
Kongue	80	322	/
Khoeng	80	93	/
Kongsø	80	52	/
Khoung	80	44	/
Kongke	80	13	/
Khongp	80	7	/
Kongch	80	5	/
Khoing	80	3	/
Khongt	80	3	/
Khongh	80	3	/
Kongph	80	2	/
Khongk	80	2	/
Kgoung	80	1	/
Kkhong	80	1	/
Koehng	80	1	/
Kohnng	80	1	/
Kohung	80	1	/
Koongz	80	1	/
Koonng	80	1	/
Konkgs	80	1	/
Konngh	80	1	/
Komn'g	80	1	/
D'Kong	80	1	/
Koineg	80	0	/
Kang	75	4,877,796	/
Cong	75	499,322	/
Kung	75	27,525	/
Konc	75	1,644	/
Konk	75	215	/
Qong	75	2	/
Koinegg	73	320	/
Koungue	73	75	/
Uamkong	73	58	/
Kooseng	73	20	/
Kongowa	73	6	/
Kongsås	73	3	/
Koungke	73	3	/
Khongth	73	3	/
Kongova	73	2	/
Koiteng	73	1	/
Khoteng	73	1	/
Kongová	73	1	/
Kosieng	73	1	/
Koyseng	73	1	/
Kosingh	73	1	/
Kosngue	73	1	/
Koiseng	73	1	/
Koinngs	73	0	/
Khang	67	35,566	/
Kheng	67	27,618	/
Cuong	67	23,727	/
Keung	67	12,737	/
Kaung	67	11,553	/
Khung	67	6,070	/
Kgang	67	2,043	/
Konke	67	706	/
Quong	67	614	/
Kahng	67	587	/
Kuing	67	297	/
Coing	67	288	/
Coeng	67	118	/
Kaang	67	101	/
Coong	67	81	/
Uamkhong	67	75	/
Kosching	67	55	/
Uankhong	67	45	/
Ckang	67	43	/
Coung	67	24	/
Konck	67	22	/
Kangk	67	20	/
Khoiseng	67	19	/
Koncs	67	16	/
Kangh	67	13	/
Kunng	67	11	/
Koenk	67	7	/
Koncė	67	6	/
Khotting	67	5	/
Khonk	67	4	/
Hkang	67	4	/
Congs	67	4	/
Khoyseng	67	4	/
Kuung	67	3	/
Koonc	67	3	/
Kounk	67	3	/
Koonk	67	3	/
Khoiteng	67	3	/
Gkang	67	2	/
Khongová	67	2	/
Kohnk	67	2	/
Koumg	67	2	/
Kungk	67	2	/
Hcong	67	2	/
Khonc	67	2	/
Koucheng	67	2	/
Qoing	67	1	/
Komnk	67	1	/
Komgh	67	1	/
Kuhng	67	1	/
Kungg	67	1	/
Ckung	67	1	/
Congh	67	1	/
Kungh	67	1	/
Không	67	1	/
Khùng	67	1	/
Hkung	67	1	/
Kuonk	67	1	/
Congc	67	1	/
Konqe	67	1	/
Qonng	67	1	/
Kungp	67	1	/
Koshsing	67	1	/
Kkang	67	1	/
Komgk	67	1	/
Khomg	67	1	/
Koitting	67	0	/
Qoung	67	0	/

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Kong Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Kong in the Tibetan language
སྐོང་།	kong	-
Kong in the Hindi language
कोंग	konga	-
Kong in the Marathi language
कॉग	koga	50
कॉंग	konga	50
Kong in the Russian language
Конг	kong	-

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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 Kong
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Kong Surname

Kong Surname User-submission:

Kong Surname Distribution Map

Kong Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kong Demographics

$48,702 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Kong Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Kong? popularity and diffusion

Kong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Kong Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Kong Name Transliterations

Search for Another Surname

Footnotes

$48,702^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Kong Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Kong? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Kong Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Kong Last Name Statistics ^demography