Neweng Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Neweng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neweng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

Neweng (19) may also be a first name.

Neweng Last Name Facts

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

Neweng occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Neweng? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Neweng is predominantly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Neweng reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Neweng is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Neweng is most common in: Western, where 92 percent are found and Morobe, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newengt920/
Newing831,420/
Njweng83326/
Nebeng832/
Nyweng831/
Niweng831/
Nawieng77159/
Nyoweng7712/
Newingh773/
Newings773/
Nawaeng771/
Nawweng771/
Njwenhg771/
Nowaeng771/
Newging770/
Nebng734/
Nawng731/
Niewienc717/
Noiwieng712/
Nawing67208/
Njueng6751/
Nowing6720/
Niwing678/
Nibeng672/
Njwing672/
Nebing671/
Nybeng671/
Naibeng6210/
Naiwing621/
Newhink620/
Njuengue5719/
Noiwaing571/
Nibng551/
Noithueng53133/
Njuing502/
Nybing502/
Nibing501/

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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 Neweng
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