Phothongma

surname · Latin script

Phothongma is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • THThailand≈1 in 3.5Kas โพธิ์ทอง(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 93Kas โพธิ์ทอง
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 518Kas Pohthong

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Phothongma itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Thailand (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 named โพธิ์ทอง, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
110 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Thailand, est., as โพธิ์ทอง

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

โพธิ์ทองThai(measured from records)
PhothongLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled โพธิ์ทอง in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Phothong in US United States, MY Malaysia and Photong in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Phothongma counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Phothongma is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TH Thailand#40≈20,000 est.≈1 in 3.5K#61,801โพธิ์ทอง110
ID Indonesia—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 93K—โพธิ์ทอง1
US United States—≈69 est.≈1 in 4.8MlistedPhothong43
MY Malaysia—≈63 est.≈1 in 518K—Phothong2
SE Sweden—10as Phothong1 in 1M10Photong5
NO Norway—5as Phothong1 in 1.1M5—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Phothongma under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Phothongma have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named โพธิ์ทอง in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Phothongma?
In Sweden, the national register counted 10 people named Phothong, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
How common is Phothongma compared with other names?
In Thailand, Phothongma is the 40th most common surname of 1,135,150 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Phothongma” — the 40th most common surname in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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