Seong Surname
Approximately 3,282 people bear this surname
Seong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,485 | 1:19,861 | 1,871 |
| United States | 622 | 1:582,731 | 47,681 |
| South Korea | 299 | 1:171,372 | 183 |
| Indonesia | 282 | 1:468,969 | 38,728 |
| Thailand | 134 | 1:527,152 | 91,366 |
| Canada | 71 | 1:518,952 | 43,932 |
| Brunei | 66 | 1:6,344 | 884 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| North Korea | 1 | 1:25,117,046 | 108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Seong (17,796) may also be a first name.
Seong Demographics
Average Seong Salary in
United States
$50,866 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seong is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seong is the 136,699th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,220,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Seong are found; 62 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seong is also the 41,141st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 17,796 people.
Seong is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 1,485 people, or 1 in 19,861. In Malaysia Seong is mostly found in: Selangor, where 38 percent are found, Penang, where 13 percent are found and Perak, where 11 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this surname occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and South Korea, where 9 percent are found.
Seong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seong surname increased 15,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seong surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.
The amount Seong earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.88% more than the national average, earning $50,866 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.16% less than the national average, earning $42,149 CAD per year.
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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 Seong
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