Tongwang Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Tongwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan231:1,019,3377,080
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Tongwang (3,692) may also be a first name.

Tongwang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tongwang is most common in Taiwan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongwang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Tongwang occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Tongwang live; 77 percent live in East Asia and 77 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Tongwang is also the 116,073rd most widespread first name on earth, held by 3,692 people.

Tongwang is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 1,019,337. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: Taichung City, where 65 percent live, Hsinchu City, where 13 percent live and Taoyuan City, where 13 percent live. Not including Taiwan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

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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 Tongwang
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