Kwong Surname
Approximately 64,276 people bear this surname
Kwong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 40,719 | 1:180 | 47 |
| United States | 8,417 | 1:43,063 | 5,282 |
| Singapore | 3,903 | 1:1,411 | 169 |
| Malaysia | 3,402 | 1:8,670 | 1,014 |
| Canada | 2,945 | 1:12,511 | 1,848 |
| Macau | 1,053 | 1:571 | 113 |
| Australia | 999 | 1:27,023 | 3,675 |
| Philippines | 558 | 1:181,431 | 29,184 |
| England | 367 | 1:151,820 | 14,489 |
| Indonesia | 322 | 1:410,712 | 34,667 |
| China | 244 | 1:5,603,777 | 475 |
| Thailand | 173 | 1:408,314 | 71,701 |
| French Polynesia | 153 | 1:1,835 | 355 |
| Brunei | 136 | 1:3,079 | 526 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 1:51,458 | 8,272 |
| Mauritius | 84 | 1:15,398 | 3,271 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 1:122,164 | 10,258 |
| Brazil | 74 | 1:2,892,896 | 85,224 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ecuador | 21 | 1:757,421 | 12,901 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Kwong (14,716) may also be a first name.
Kwong Demographics
Average Male Kwong Height
170.95 cm
Average Female Kwong Height
158.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kwong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwong occurs most in Hong Kong. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwong is the 8,814th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 113,379 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kwong live; 65 percent live in East Asia and 65 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Kwong is also the 47,015th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 14,716 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Hong Kong, where it is held by 40,719 people, or 1 in 180. Not including Hong Kong this last name occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Singapore, where 6 percent live.
Kwong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kwong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kwong last name increased 21,582 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kwong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwong surname are 28.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kwong earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning R 250,644 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.83% less than the national average, earning $17,973,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.03% more than the national average, earning $50,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.64% more than the national average, earning $59,443 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khwong | 91 | 35 | / |
| Kwoung | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwonng | 91 | 1 | / |
| Qkwong | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwoing | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwuong | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwongs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kuong | 80 | 11,334 | / |
| Kwang | 80 | 4,255 | / |
| Gwong | 80 | 1,817 | / |
| Qwong | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kwonk | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kwung | 80 | 4 | / |
| Cwong | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kwonq | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwaang | 73 | 1,013 | / |
| Khwang | 73 | 144 | / |
| Kwonke | 73 | 25 | / |
| Gwongs | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kwungs | 73 | 14 | / |
| Kwuing | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ncwong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwangt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuang | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwangue | 67 | 56 | / |
| Kouhang | 67 | 48 | / |
| Kwaa'ng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwanng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwomgue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kwong
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