Most common surnames in Malaysia

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Malaysia

Tan
#1
11.830.587
bearers (top 100)
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Malaysia, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Lim
591.908
2
Tan
696.362
1
Lee
589.092
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Tan 696.362
5.9%
2 Lim 591.908
5%
3 Lee 589.092
5%
4 Wong 528.652
4.5%
5 Ng 367.254
3.1%
6 Chong 316.536
2.7%
7 Rahman 245.773
2.1%
8 Chan 226.113
1.9%
9 Chin 214.308
1.8%
10 Bin ismail 202.765
1.7%
11 Bin abdullah 199.713
1.7%
12 Bin ahmad 197.291
1.7%
13 Binti ismail 196.692
1.7%
14 Binti abdullah 195.588
1.7%
15 Binti ahmad 190.416
1.6%
16 Ong 189.447
1.6%
17 Yap 165.673
1.4%
18 Yong 150.389
1.3%
19 Goh 145.845
1.2%
20 Liew 141.850
1.2%
21 Leong 130.602
1.1%
22 Low 128.882
1.1%
23 Bakar 128.639
1.1%
24 Mohamed 125.302
1.1%
25 Lai 120.943
1%
26 Lau 115.869
1%
27 Ali 112.910
1%
28 Bin ibrahim 111.694
0.9%
29 Binti ibrahim 110.051
0.9%
30 Hamid 107.872
0.9%
31 Ho 106.740
0.9%
32 Chua 98.265
0.8%
33 Ahmad 97.074
0.8%
34 Loh 94.519
0.8%
35 Chew 94.338
0.8%
36 Abdullah 94.030
0.8%
37 Nor 91.999
0.8%
38 Yusof 91.467
0.8%
39 Aziz 89.937
0.8%
40 Chai 89.794
0.8%
41 Bin othman 87.121
0.7%
42 Ooi 85.422
0.7%
43 Binti othman 84.907
0.7%
44 Bin mohamad 83.444
0.7%
45 Teh 81.535
0.7%
46 Hassan 81.443
0.7%
47 Ang 81.251
0.7%
48 Noor 81.166
0.7%
49 Binti mohamad 79.681
0.7%
50 Teo 76.417
0.6%
51 Ismail 75.215
0.6%
52 Sim 74.341
0.6%
53 Ling 74.319
0.6%
54 Tang 73.131
0.6%
55 Bin hassan 72.473
0.6%
56 Bin mohamed 71.865
0.6%
57 Chang 71.624
0.6%
58 Kong 70.789
0.6%
59 Binti hassan 70.721
0.6%
60 Gan 70.473
0.6%
61 Ghani 69.032
0.6%
62 Chia 68.671
0.6%
63 Isa 68.166
0.6%
64 Koh 67.800
0.6%
65 Bin zakaria 66.083
0.6%
66 Wan 65.780
0.6%
67 Bin ali 65.632
0.6%
68 Binti mohamed 65.405
0.6%
69 Salleh 64.842
0.5%
70 Bin abu bakar 63.760
0.5%
71 Khoo 63.651
0.5%
72 Binti ali 62.974
0.5%
73 Bin hashim 62.916
0.5%
74 Binti hashim 62.722
0.5%
75 Binti zakaria 62.619
0.5%
76 Teoh 62.011
0.5%
77 Rahim 61.753
0.5%
78 Tee 61.667
0.5%
79 Foo 61.041
0.5%
80 Chee 60.658
0.5%
81 Bin ramli 60.477
0.5%
82 Abdul 59.037
0.5%
83 Bin omar 58.917
0.5%
84 Binti omar 58.722
0.5%
85 Pang 58.614
0.5%
86 Binti ramli 58.086
0.5%
87 Chen 57.982
0.5%
88 Tay 57.451
0.5%
89 Ting 57.237
0.5%
90 Choo 55.747
0.5%
91 Wahab 54.925
0.5%
92 Loo 54.051
0.5%
93 Ibrahim 53.920
0.5%
94 Cheong 53.891
0.5%
95 Bin abdul rahman 52.171
0.4%
96 Chung 51.948
0.4%
97 Yee 51.746
0.4%
98 Cheah 50.466
0.4%
99 Law 49.213
0.4%
100 Binti awang 48.871
0.4%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Malaysia?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Malaysia is Tan, with 696.362. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Malaysia?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Malaysia. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
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