Kung Surname
Approximately 27,525 people bear this surname
Kung 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')
Kung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 9,600 | 1:764 | 100 |
| United States | 4,719 | 1:76,808 | 8,792 |
| Malaysia | 2,281 | 1:12,930 | 1,352 |
| Myanmar | 1,983 | 1:26,192 | 466 |
| Singapore | 1,412 | 1:3,901 | 289 |
| Canada | 1,205 | 1:30,577 | 3,992 |
| Indonesia | 680 | 1:194,484 | 18,531 |
| Thailand | 656 | 1:107,680 | 15,692 |
| South Korea | 637 | 1:80,440 | 160 |
| Cambodia | 474 | 1:32,673 | 1,575 |
| Macau | 468 | 1:1,286 | 173 |
| China | 373 | 1:3,665,741 | 409 |
| Australia | 364 | 1:74,164 | 8,706 |
| United Arab Emirates | 341 | 1:26,869 | 2,988 |
| Vietnam | 338 | 1:274,101 | 1,100 |
| England | 200 | 1:278,590 | 21,737 |
| Taiwan | 154 | 1:152,239 | 1,359 |
| New Zealand | 134 | 1:33,793 | 5,839 |
| Philippines | 123 | 1:823,075 | 77,828 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Germany | 110 | 1:731,868 | 55,248 |
| Japan | 100 | 1:1,278,443 | 22,617 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95 | 1:85,829 | 11,359 |
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Sweden | 70 | 1:140,668 | 9,936 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Paraguay | 62 | 1:116,722 | 2,610 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Finland | 52 | 1:105,706 | 10,637 |
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Peru | 32 | 1:993,254 | 18,991 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Panama | 22 | 1:177,830 | 5,396 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 123 | 1:408,282 | 30,178 |
Kung (6,382) may also be a first name.
Kung 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')
- lolcuraKung Demographics
Average Kung Salary in
United States
$53,266 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kung (Hindi: कुंग, Marathi: कुंग, Russian: Кунг) occurs in Hong Kong more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kung? popularity and diffusion
Kung is the 19,878th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 264,761 people. The last name Kung is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Kung live; 41 percent live in East Asia and 38 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Kung is also the 82,326th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 6,382 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Hong Kong, where it is carried by 9,600 people, or 1 in 764. Barring Hong Kong this surname is found in 83 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.
Kung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kung has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kung last name increased 3,837 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 5,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kung last name are 13.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kung earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 35.43% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,517 per year; in South Africa they earn 106.4% more than the national average, earning R 490,476 per year; in United States they earn 23.45% more than the national average, earning $53,266 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.17% more than the national average, earning $59,208 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kung in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंग | kunga | - |
| Kung in the Hindi language | ||
| कुंग | kunga | 95 |
| कुंज | kunja | 5 |
| Kung in the Russian language | ||
| Кунг | kung | - |
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