Towong Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Towong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 407 | 1:173,559 | 28,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Towong (117) may also be a first name.
Towong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Towong has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Towong.
How Common Is The Last Name Towong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 577,768th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Towong reside; 76 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 864,112th most common given name at a global level, held by 117 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 173,559. In Thailand Towong is most frequent in: Phuket Province, where 32 percent live, Phang Nga Province, where 30 percent live and Bangkok, where 11 percent live. Barring Thailand this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thowong | 92 | 283 | / |
| Toewong | 92 | 11 | / |
| Toowong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tooywong | 86 | 2 | / |
| Touywong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tawong | 83 | 3,639 | / |
| Towang | 83 | 432 | / |
| Tewong | 83 | 213 | / |
| Tobong | 83 | 126 | / |
| Tuwong | 83 | 18 | / |
| Toweng | 83 | 13 | / |
| Towonk | 83 | 10 | / |
| Towung | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tovong | 83 | 6 | / |
| Thawong | 77 | 2,876 | / |
| Tuiwong | 77 | 234 | / |
| Toubong | 77 | 42 | / |
| Thuwong | 77 | 24 | / |
| Tohwang | 77 | 14 | / |
| Tuywong | 77 | 13 | / |
| Taewong | 77 | 10 | / |
| Touwang | 77 | 7 | / |
| Taswong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Teewong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tahwong | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tuowang | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tawwong | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thowang | 77 | 1 | / |
| To'bong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taboong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toivong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thovong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Towungke | 71 | 26 | / |
| Teuwoung | 71 | 17 | / |
| Thouvong | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tahawong | 71 | 10 | / |
| Thoevong | 71 | 7 | / |
| Theewong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Taewoong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thuywong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thewhong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Touboung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tawang | 67 | 2,922 | / |
| Tabong | 67 | 694 | / |
| Tubong | 67 | 362 | / |
| Tobang | 67 | 237 | / |
| Tewang | 67 | 192 | / |
| Tobung | 67 | 165 | / |
| Taweng | 67 | 70 | / |
| Tuwang | 67 | 65 | / |
| Towank | 67 | 62 | / |
| Tavong | 67 | 56 | / |
| Thahawong | 67 | 34 | / |
| Tuwung | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tevong | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tawung | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tovang | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tuvong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaewwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tovung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toväng | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Towong
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis