Yiung Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Yiung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yiung (44) may also be a first name.
Yiung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yiung is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiung? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yiung reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 44 people.
Yiung is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 75 percent live, Sabah, where 17 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 8 percent live. Not including Malaysia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 8 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 Yiung
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