Monwon Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Monwon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Monwon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia451:97,9677,863
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Monwon (94) may also be a first name.

Monwon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Monwon has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Monwon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Monwon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Monwon reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Monwon is also the 980,251st most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 94 people.

The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 97,967. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 76 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found and Margibi County, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Thailand, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Monwohn926/
Moonwon921/
Moonwong86329/
Mounwong861/
Moonwont861/
Moonwoen861/
Manwon83106/
Monwan8342/
Monbon8342/
Monvon833/
Monwom831/
Moonwwong801/
Moonwoong801/
Moonwongq801/
Monwongue801/
Munwong77153/
Moonwan7754/
Monwane7739/
Monwahn7726/
Momwong7710/
Mahnwon778/
Monwhan776/
Monboin775/
Monvong771/
Manwoun771/
Monvuon771/
Moonwun771/
Monuhon770/
Monouhan7112/
Mhunwong716/
Mounvong711/
Monvosin711/
Monwaane711/
Monwasin711/
Moomwong711/
Moonwung711/
Monvoisin673,714/
Munwan67264/
Monbun6781/
Manwan6724/
Mombon676/
Monban675/
Monnouhon672/

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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 Monwon
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