Sheong Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Sheong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 59 | 1:499,902 | 25,042 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sheong (131) may also be a first name.
Sheong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheong is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheong? popularity and diffusion
Sheong is the 1,980,395th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Sheong reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 811,108th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 131 people.
Sheong is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 499,902. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 36 percent are found, Kedah, where 12 percent are found and Penang, where 12 percent are found. Besides Malaysia Sheong exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 18 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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 Sheong
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