Wanc Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wanc Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanc Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1241:189,0711,638
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wanc Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanc Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wanc is most common in Taiwan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanc? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wanc is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wanc live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 189,071. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 46 percent are found, Hsinchu County, where 17 percent are found and New Taipei City, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Taiwan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanch8939/
Wainc898/
Wancs893/
Wancz891/
Wac862,414/
Wanche80110/
Waunch8082/
Wantch801/
Weanci800/
Vanc75521/
Wanz75185/
Wadc752/
Uanc751/
Wonc751/
Wantche7330/
Wantz672,206/
Wands671,372/
Wonch67565/
Vanci67466/
Wants67301/
Banch67204/
Wainz6799/
Vancs6782/
Vanch6765/
Vancz6752/
Huanc675/
Vuanc672/
Bancz671/
Wantchhe671/
Vainc671/
Vajnc671/
Woncs671/
Wandz671/
Weinc670/

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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 Wanc
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