Yongs Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Yongs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 80 | 1:627,734 | 41,746 |
Yongs (45) may also be a first name.
Yongs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yongs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yongs occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yongs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Yongs live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 45 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 50 percent are found and Western, where 50 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Yongs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yongs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yongs last name decreased 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Yongs
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