Thongkham Surname

13,951st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Thongkham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thongkham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand39,7461:1,77720
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
Laos251:263,533260
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France31:22,140,907385,998
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Thongkham (46,904) may also be a first name.

Thongkham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thongkham is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thongkham? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 13,951st most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 182,252 people. Thongkham is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Thongkham reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 19,516th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 46,904 people.

Thongkham is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 39,746 people, or 1 in 1,777. In Thailand Thongkham is mostly found in: Bangkok, where 4 percent live, Surin Province, where 3 percent live and Buriram Province, where 3 percent live. Besides Thailand this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Laos, where 0 percent live.

Thongkham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Thongkham are 7.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.47% registered with the party.

Thongkham earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.52% more than the national average, earning $46,393 USD 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
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  • 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 Thongkham
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