Kwangwon Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Korea

Kwangwon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwangwon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Kwangwon (51) may also be a first name.

Kwangwon Last Name Facts

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

Kwangwon is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwangwon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kwangwon reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 51 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Kwangwon is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 33 percent are found, New York, where 33 percent are found and Washington, where 33 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Korea, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.

Kwangwon Last Name Statistics demography

Kwangwon earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kwangwon
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