Longwan Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zambia

Longwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Longwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
China281:48,832,9132,633
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Longwan (2,991) may also be a first name.

Longwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Longwan occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Longwan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,152,526th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Longwan reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Longwan is also the 132,379th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 2,991 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Longwan is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 85 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 9 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in China, where 36 percent are found and Zambia, where 13 percent are found.

Longwan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Longwan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Longwan last name fell 97 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
  • 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 Longwan
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