Wang-Yang Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Wang-Yang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wang-Yang (500) may also be a first name.
Wang-Yang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wang-Yang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wang-Yang is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wang-Yang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wang-Yang reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wang-Yang is also the 379,225th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 500 people.
The last name Wang-Yang is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon Wang-Yang is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 74 percent are found, North Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Wang-Yang exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wang-Yang
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