Pengyan Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Pengyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pengyan (23,332) may also be a first name.
Pengyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pengyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pengyan is found most in Taiwan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pengyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Pengyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Pengyan live; 75 percent live in East Asia and 75 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 33,696th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 23,332 people.
It is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,907,458. In Taiwan it is mostly concentrated in: Keelung City, where 33 percent reside, Taipei City, where 33 percent reside and New Taipei City, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Pengyan
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