Kweng Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Singapore

Kweng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kweng Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Kweng (141) may also be a first name.

Kweng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kweng is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweng? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kweng is the 2,746,821st most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kweng live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kweng is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 141 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Kweng is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwaeng91118/
Kwengs9114/
Kweang911/
Khweang832/
Kueng80618/
Gweng8086/
Kwing8022/
Qweng800/
Kwaing7311/
Kwenqe732/
Cweing731/
Kwoing731/
Koueng731/
Kuheng731/
Kwuing731/
Kuengp731/
Ngkueng674/
Kwnq672/
Gwengqe672/
Kuengue672/
Kwingue672/
Kwnk671/
Khwenqe671/
Ngwengh671/
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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 Kweng
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