Pengiran Surname

329,892nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Pengiran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pengiran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia9781:30,1582,604
Indonesia891:1,485,946100,216
Brunei371:11,3171,397
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pengiran (18,694) may also be a first name.

Pengiran Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pengiran is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pengiran.

How Common Is The Last Name Pengiran? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 329,892nd most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,489,355 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pengiran live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pengiran is also the 39,760th most numerous first name globally It is held by 18,694 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 978 people, or 1 in 30,158. In Malaysia Pengiran is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 83 percent reside, Sabah, where 12 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Brunei, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Pengiran
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