Tongwan Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tongwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1631:433,36475,990
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Tongwan (778) may also be a first name.

Tongwan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tongwan is found most frequently in Thailand. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongwan? popularity and diffusion

Tongwan is the 1,333,288th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tongwan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 294,181st most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 778 people.

The last name is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 433,364. In Thailand Tongwan is most prevalent in: Nakhon Sawan Province, where 29 percent are found, Bangkok, where 19 percent are found and Songkhla Province, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Thailand it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 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
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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 Tongwan
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