Lay Wah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Lay Wah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Lay Wah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lay Wah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lay Wah is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lay Wah? popularity and diffusion
Lay Wah is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Lay Wah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lay Wah live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Tai-Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand Lay Wah is primarily found in: Bangkok, where 50 percent live and Songkhla Province, where 50 percent live. Beside Thailand this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 33 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 Lay Wah
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