Fanyang Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Fanyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fanyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan261:901,7216,312
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Fanyang (4,598) may also be a first name.

Fanyang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fanyang Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fanyang is found most in Taiwan. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanyang? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Fanyang is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Fanyang live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 101,254th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 4,598 people.

This last name is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 901,721. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Taoyuan City, where 42 percent reside, Taichung City, where 15 percent reside and Pingtung County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Taiwan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Fanyang
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