Guanyan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Guanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guanyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
China41:341,830,39216,990
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Guanyan (14,922) may also be a first name.

Guanyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guanyan is most common in Taiwan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Guanyan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guanyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Guanyan is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Guanyan live; 71 percent live in East Asia and 71 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Guanyan is also the 46,556th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 14,922 people.

The surname Guanyan is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,907,458. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: Taipei City, where 83 percent are found and Chiayi City, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Taiwan this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in China, where 29 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Guanyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Guanyan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Guanyan
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