Lai Chan Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Lai Chan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lai Chan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lai Chan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lai Chan has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lai Chan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lai Chan is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Lai Chan is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Lai Chan reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Lai Chan is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent live and Pahang, where 50 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 20 percent live.
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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 Lai Chan
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