Gongyan Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Gongyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gongyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
China41:341,830,39216,990
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gongyan (7,077) may also be a first name.

Gongyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gongyan is found most frequently in Taiwan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gongyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Gongyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Gongyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gongyan reside; 92 percent reside in East Asia and 92 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Gongyan is also the 77,009th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 7,077 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,930,593. In Taiwan it is most common in: Hsinchu County, where 63 percent reside, Taipei City, where 25 percent reside and Kaohsiung City, where 13 percent reside. Other than Taiwan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 31 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gangyan8622/
Gondyan862/
Ghangyan8011/
Ghondyan801/
Gondian7126/
Gondean7122/
Goundian6711/
Gondjian6711/
Gondiant672/
Ghandyan671/
Gondihan671/
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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 Gongyan
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