Wai Kuen Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wai Kuen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wai Kuen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wai Kuen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wai Kuen is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wai Kuen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Wai Kuen occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Wai Kuen reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 38 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Wai Kuen is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Wai Kuen is mostly concentrated in: Penang, where 33 percent reside, Perak, where 33 percent reside and Selangor, where 33 percent reside. Not including Malaysia Wai Kuen exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and England, where 13 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
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