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
Poyong occurs most in Malaysia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poyong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Poyong live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 41 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Poyong is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 91 people.
It is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 685,912. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sabah, where 91 percent are found, Johor, where 2 percent are found and Kelantan, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found.
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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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