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.

Kweng Surname Distribution Map

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

Kweng is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kweng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweng? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Kweng 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. It is also the 778,371st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 141 people.

Kweng is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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