Naung

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Naung is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 46th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 48K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 129K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)

≈24,000 people, est.

Sources
58 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Myanmar (Burma), est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Naung 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 Naung is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MM Myanmar (Burma)#46≈24,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Naung58
ID Indonesia—≈830 est.≈1 in 321K—Naung33
MY Malaysia—≈250 est.≈1 in 129K—Naung13
SG Singapore—≈130 est.≈1 in 48K—Naung16
TH Thailand—≈63 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Naung38
NO Norway—181 in 304K18—2

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: 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Naung is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore

    Also written Nauñĝ, Nãûñg

  • Korean given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea

    Also written 나웅, Nawoong

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Naung is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mak, to go down, descend

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, shadow

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cdo, to baw] one’s self nearly dumb

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, a lively market

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In wuu, Poucll

    as a wordAn English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Naung
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—18#44,428

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Naung have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Naung in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naung.
How common is the name Naung?
In Norway, the national register counted 18 people named Naung, about 1 in 304 thousand residents.
How common is Naung compared with other names?
In Myanmar (Burma), Naung is the 46th most common surname of 12,945 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, “Naung” — the 46th most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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