Pengwan Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Pengwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 138 | 1:511,872 | 89,138 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pengwan (3,237) may also be a first name.
Pengwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pengwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pengwan is most common in Thailand. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pengwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pengwan is the 1,471,719th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pengwan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 126,003rd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 3,237 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 511,872. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Lampang Province, where 35 percent are found, Phrae Province, where 34 percent are found and Samut Prakan Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Thailand this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paengwan | 93 | 44 | / |
| Pengkwan | 93 | 3 | / |
| Puengwan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pengkwuan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pengwon | 86 | 2 | / |
| Penguan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penkwan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pengwong | 80 | 308 | / |
| Penkwang | 80 | 99 | / |
| Pengguan | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pengquan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paenguan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pengkuan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penghuang | 75 | 185 | / |
| Pinguan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pingwon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinkwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pnguang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pingwong | 67 | 212 | / |
| Pengboon | 67 | 150 | / |
| Pinkwane | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pingvang | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pingkuan | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pingguan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Puengvon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pimgwang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinguand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penquean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penquang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penguong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pingquan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinghuang | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pingkuhan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pyongkwon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pinquan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pingboon | 53 | 10 | / |
| Pingvong | 53 | 2 | / |
| Pemguang | 53 | 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 Pengwan
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