Kongan Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Kongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 120 | 1:588,653 | 100,315 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kongan (1,924) may also be a first name.
Kongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kongan (Marathi: गान) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,227,038th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Kongan live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kongan is also the 173,075th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 1,924 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 588,653. In Thailand Kongan is most numerous in: Khon Kaen Province, where 51 percent reside, Phang Nga Province, where 43 percent reside and Satun Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Thailand Kongan occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kongan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kongan in the Marathi language | ||
| गान | gana | 55.56 |
| गन | gana | 16.67 |
| कोगान | kogana | 16.67 |
| णन | nana | 11.11 |
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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 Kongan
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