Wai Yan Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Wai Yan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wai Yan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wai Yan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wai Yan is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wai Yan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wai Yan is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Wai Yan live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Tai-Asia.
The surname Wai Yan is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 7,848,705. In Thailand Wai Yan is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 44 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 11 percent live and Phang Nga Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Thailand Wai Yan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 23 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
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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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