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
The surname Seong is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,699th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,220,459 people. Seong is predominantly found 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. It is also the 41,141st most commonly used first name internationally, held by 17,796 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 1,485 people, or 1 in 19,861. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Selangor, where 38 percent live, Penang, where 13 percent live and Perak, where 11 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and South Korea, where 9 percent live.
Seong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seong has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 15,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seong are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the 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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