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
The surname Wang-Yang occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wang-Yang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,460,878th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wang-Yang reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 379,225th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 500 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 74 percent are found, North Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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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