Yewong Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Yewong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 214 | 1:97,052 | 11,537 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yewong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yewong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yewong (Tibetan: ཡིད་འོང་།) occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yewong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yewong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yewong are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Yewong is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 97,052. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, Southwest Region, where 8 percent live and Centre Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Yewong is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yewoung | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yewang | 83 | 458 | / |
| Jewong | 83 | 20 | / |
| Yeuong | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yebong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jeewong | 77 | 97 | / |
| Juywong | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yewheng | 77 | 6 | / |
| Jaywong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jeawong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jiewong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jewwong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yuywong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yiewang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Joywong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jehwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Evong | 73 | 513 | / |
| Yhaiwong | 71 | 24 | / |
| Jiewhong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jeawoong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Evoung | 67 | 657 | / |
| Yebang | 67 | 32 | / |
| Jewang | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ejwang | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jewung | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jebong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ehwang | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeuang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yeveng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewangh | 67 | 1 | / |
Yewong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yewong in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡིད་འོང་། | yiong | 60 |
| ཡིད་འོང་ | yiong | 20 |
| ཡི་དབངས་ | yiwang | 20 |
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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 Yewong
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