Thongyan Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Thongyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thongyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1741:405,96871,274
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642

Thongyan (103) may also be a first name.

Thongyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thongyan occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thongyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thongyan is the 1,244,200th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. Thongyan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thongyan are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 103 people.

The surname Thongyan is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 405,968. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 85 percent reside, Bangkok, where 5 percent reside and Buriram Province, where 2 percent reside. Barring Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Taiwan, where 6 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
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  • 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 Thongyan
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