Kwun Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kwun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2711:1,337,48793,180
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Canada401:921,14070,350
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
South Korea141:3,660,018674
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
China81:170,915,1968,932
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kwun (14,718) may also be a first name.

Kwun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwun has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 623,516th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Kwun live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 47,010th most common first name worldwide It is held by 14,718 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 1,337,487. In The United States Kwun is primarily found in: California, where 46 percent reside, Texas, where 14 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Kwun Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kwun surname are 7.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.27% registered with the political party.

The amount Kwun earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 39.26% more than the national average, earning $60,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% less than the national average, earning $48,396 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwoun8992/
Kwaun8911/
Kweun896/
Kwuin891/
Kwuing801/
Kwunne801/
Kwoune801/
Kwunhe801/
Kwon75834,863/
Gwun755/
Qwun753/
Cwun751/
Kwoon6755/
Gweun6712/
Gwoun6711/
Kwoen673/
Kwoum671/
Gwaun671/
Cwhun671/
Gwuin670/

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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 Kwun
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