Sungwoo Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Korea

Sungwoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sungwoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sungwoo (723) may also be a first name.

Sungwoo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sungwoo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sungwoo is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sungwoo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sungwoo is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Sungwoo live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 306,882nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 723 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Sungwoo is most prevalent in: California, where 25 percent reside, Illinois, where 25 percent reside and New Jersey, where 25 percent reside. Other than The United States Sungwoo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Korea, where 17 percent reside and Thailand, where 17 percent reside.

Sungwoo Last Name Statistics demography

Sungwoo earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning $35,406 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seungwoo934/
Sungwo921/
Seungwo8620/
Jungwoo863/
Songwoo861/
Sungwoh861/
Sunghwo861/
Chungwoo802/
Sungwa775,667/
Sunguo7765/
Songwo7710/
Sungbo771/
Shungwa71642/
Seungwa7110/
Sunghwa718/
Sung'wa716/
Chungwo713/
Shunguo712/
Soungwa712/
Sungwat712/
Songkwo711/
Shongwo711/
Saungwa711/
Sung'hwa67472/
Soungwah6718/
Chungkwo671/
Shuungwa671/
Sheungwa671/
Sungh'wa671/
Seunghwa670/

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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 Sungwoo
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