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 Male Kung Height
172.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kung (Hindi: कुंग, Marathi: कुंग, Russian: Кунг) is carried by more people in Hong Kong than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kung? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,878th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 264,761 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Kung reside; 41 percent reside in East Asia and 38 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Kung is also the 82,326th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 6,382 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Hong Kong, where it is borne by 9,600 people, or 1 in 764. Aside from Hong Kong this last name is found in 83 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 8 percent reside.
Kung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kung has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kung last name grew 3,837 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 5,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kung are 13.2% more likely to be registered Democrats 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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