Nguong Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Nguong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nguong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia981:300,96116,456
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Brunei11:418,7313,893
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nguong (113) may also be a first name.

Nguong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nguong is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nguong? popularity and diffusion

Nguong is the 1,775,494th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Nguong reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nguong is also the 881,625th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 113 people.

Nguong is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 300,961. In Malaysia Nguong is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 91 percent live, Johor, where 4 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent live. Not including Malaysia Nguong exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Vietnam, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguang83179/
Ngbong8381/
Ngwong8315/
Ngvong831/
Nkuong831/
Ngkuang774/
Ngguang773/
Ninguang714/
Ngwang674,268/
Nkwong6754/
Ngbang6719/
Ninghuang673/
Ncwong671/
Nguehewang631/
Ngqwang621/
Ngwaang621/
Nguamgue578/

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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 Nguong
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