Kyew Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kyew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kyew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Kyew (13) may also be a first name.

Kyew Last Name Facts

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

Kyew is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kyew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Kyew occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Kyew live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kyew is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Kyew is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kedah, where 83 percent reside and Selangor, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kyewe89252/
Kyejwe808/
Kyeywe801/
Kiew754,066/
Kyev75101/
Kgew751/
Kiyw751/
Qyew751/
Kyejjwe732/
Kiewe67196/
Khiew67140/
Kiews6711/
Keejw675/
Kiyow675/
Kyojw671/
Kihew671/
Kiesw671/

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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 Kyew
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