Taiwan Surname
Approximately 951 people bear this surname
Taiwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 372 | 1:189,888 | 31,262 |
| Taiwan | 339 | 1:69,159 | 717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 158 | 1:51,606 | 6,482 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Taiwan (2,128) may also be a first name.
Taiwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taiwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taiwan occurs most in Thailand. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taiwan? popularity and diffusion
Taiwan is the 376,169th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,663,035 people. The last name Taiwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Taiwan are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 39 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Taiwan is also the 162,903rd most frequently held first name on earth, held by 2,128 people.
Taiwan is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is carried by 372 people, or 1 in 189,888. In Thailand Taiwan is mostly found in: Phitsanulok Province, where 48 percent are found, Sukhothai Province, where 22 percent are found and Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Thailand it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 36 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Taiwan
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