Visayan Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Visayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 133 | 1:761,190 | 74,637 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Visayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Visayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Visayan (Marathi: िवसायन) occurs most in The Philippines. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Visayan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Visayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Visayan is the 1,504,764th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Visayan are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 761,190. In The Philippines Visayan is most frequent in: Caraga, where 27 percent reside, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 25 percent reside and Cagayan Valley, where 12 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Taiwan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Visayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Visayan in the Marathi language | ||
| िवसायन | ivasayana | - |
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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 Visayan
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