Pengwang Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Pengwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 211 | 1:334,779 | 57,913 |
| Taiwan | 95 | 1:246,787 | 2,063 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
Pengwang (3,370) may also be a first name.
Pengwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pengwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pengwang is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pengwang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 870,423rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pengwang are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Pengwang is also the 122,801st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 3,370 people.
Pengwang is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 334,779. In Thailand Pengwang is mostly concentrated in: Lampang Province, where 72 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 18 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 31 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pengkwang | 94 | 2 | / |
| Pingwang | 88 | 402 | / |
| Penguang | 88 | 379 | / |
| Pengwong | 88 | 308 | / |
| Penkwang | 88 | 99 | / |
| Pengbang | 88 | 5 | / |
| Penghuang | 82 | 185 | / |
| Paenguang | 82 | 32 | / |
| Paengwong | 82 | 16 | / |
| Pengguang | 82 | 9 | / |
| Puengwong | 82 | 4 | / |
| Pengwongs | 82 | 1 | / |
| Peungwong | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pnguang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pingwong | 75 | 212 | / |
| Pinguang | 75 | 164 | / |
| Pengbong | 75 | 96 | / |
| Pingvang | 75 | 33 | / |
| Pemguang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pimgwang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Penquang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Penguong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pingguang | 71 | 6 | / |
| Paengvong | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pinghuang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pingvong | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pinkuang | 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 Pengwang
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