Wongs Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wongs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wongs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria761:2,330,82678,393
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Wongs (15) may also be a first name.

Wongs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wongs occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wongs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wongs is the 1,551,568th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Wongs occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Wongs live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wongs is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

The last name Wongs is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Taiwan, where 13 percent live.

Wongs Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wongs earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $49,161 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wongsh91135/
Wongse9197/
Woungs912/
Wongsze831/
Bongs80136/
Vongs80101/
Wangs8070/
Woncs801/
Wonks800/
Wangse73232/
Boings7327/
Vongse7310/
Wongch732/
Wangsj731/
Boungs730/
Wangshe676/
Wangsøe675/
Vongshe671/

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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 Wongs
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