Kong Surname
Approximately 2,965,361 people bear this surname
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 |
| 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')
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Kong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kong (Hindi: कोंग, Marathi: कॉग, Russian: Конг, Tibetan: སྐོང་།) is more frequently found in China than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kong? popularity and diffusion
Kong is the 181st most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,458 people. Kong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kong live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 85 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 5,099th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 204,454 people.
It is most widespread in China, where it is borne by 2,461,763 people, or 1 in 555. Excluding China it exists in 137 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 5 percent live and South Korea, where 3 percent live.
Kong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kong surname increased 11,644 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 19,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (43%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kong surname are 14.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.34% being registered with the 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
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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