Waijan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Waijan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waijan (289) may also be a first name.
Waijan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waijan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waijan is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waijan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Waijan reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 68 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Waijan is also the 519,842nd most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 289 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 6,960,484. In Indonesia Waijan is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 21 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 4 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
- 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 Waijan
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