Wanchan Surname
Approximately 835 people bear this surname
Wanchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 773 | 1:91,382 | 12,808 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Wanchan (4,077) may also be a first name.
Wanchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanchan is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanchan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 416,572nd most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,727,600 people. Wanchan occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Wanchan live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Tai-Asia. Wanchan is also the 109,071st most commonly held given name at a global level It is held by 4,077 people.
This last name is most common in Thailand, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 91,382. In Thailand Wanchan is most common in: Nakhon Sawan Province, where 51 percent live, Lamphun Province, where 14 percent live and Samut Prakan Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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
- 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 Wanchan
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