Lee Wah Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Lee Wah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lee Wah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lee Wah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lee Wah has its highest incidence in Trinidad and Tobago. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lee Wah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Lee Wah is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Lee Wah live; 67 percent live in Caribbean and 67 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.
This surname is most numerous in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 85,248. In Trinidad and Tobago Lee Wah is most numerous in: San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation, where 31 percent live, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation, where 25 percent live and Arima Borough Corporation, where 19 percent live. Apart from Trinidad and Tobago it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent live and Singapore, where 4 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
- 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 Lee Wah
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