Wan Yu Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wan Yu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Wan Yu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wan Yu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wan Yu is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wan Yu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wan Yu is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Wan Yu reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Wan Yu is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Wan Yu is most frequent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent live and Penang, where 50 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 17 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wan Yu
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