Poyong Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Poyong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Poyong (91) may also be a first name.
Poyong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poyong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poyong is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poyong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Poyong is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Poyong reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 41 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 998,282nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 91 people.
The surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 685,912. In Malaysia Poyong is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 91 percent reside, Johor, where 2 percent reside and Kelantan, where 2 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 21 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 Poyong
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