Penguang Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Penguang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 330 | 1:89,376 | 6,243 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
Penguang (54) may also be a first name.
Penguang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penguang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penguang occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penguang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Penguang is the 755,622nd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Penguang reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 54 people.
The last name Penguang is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 330 people, or 1 in 89,376. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 96 percent live, Perak, where 2 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent live. Aside from Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penghuang | 94 | 185 | / |
| Paenguang | 94 | 32 | / |
| Pengguang | 94 | 9 | / |
| Pnguang | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pengwang | 88 | 311 | / |
| Pinguang | 88 | 164 | / |
| Pengbang | 88 | 5 | / |
| Penquang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Penguong | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pemguang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pingguang | 82 | 6 | / |
| Pinghuang | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pengkwang | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pingwang | 75 | 402 | / |
| Pengwong | 75 | 308 | / |
| Penkwang | 75 | 99 | / |
| Pengbong | 75 | 96 | / |
| Pingvang | 75 | 33 | / |
| Pinkuang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paengwong | 71 | 16 | / |
| Puengwong | 71 | 4 | / |
| Paengvong | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pengwongs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peungwong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pingwong | 63 | 212 | / |
| Pingvong | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pimgwang | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Penguang
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis