Lin Yan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Lin Yan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Lin Yan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lin Yan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lin Yan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lin Yan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lin Yan is the 10,311,814th most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Lin Yan is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Lin Yan are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Lin Yan is mostly found in: California, where 50 percent are found and New Jersey, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Lin Yan
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