Owyong Surname

520,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Owyong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owyong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore5651:9,748515
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Owyong (173) may also be a first name.

Owyong Last Name Facts

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

Owyong is found most in Singapore. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owyong? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 520,629th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,660,073 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Owyong are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 694,534th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 173 people.

The surname is most numerous in Singapore, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 9,748. Outside of Singapore Owyong is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Owyong Last Name Statistics demography

Owyong earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owyang83547/
Awyong83328/
Awuyong779/
Euwyong774/
Awayong772/
Ouwyang771/
Oweyang771/
Uwaiyong714/
Abyong6747/
Obiong6711/
Oviong6711/
Awiong6710/
Awyang674/
Obyang673/
Ewiong671/

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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 Owyong
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