Phongwang Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Phongwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phongwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand891:793,689128,670
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Phongwang (170) may also be a first name.

Phongwang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phongwang is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phongwang? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Phongwang occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Phongwang are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Phongwang is also the 701,320th most numerous first name globally It is held by 170 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 793,689. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Suphan Buri Province, where 98 percent live and Phayao Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Phongwang
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