Wangchan Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Wangchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 92 | 1:767,808 | 125,203 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Wangchan (873) may also be a first name.
Wangchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangchan is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Wangchan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Wangchan reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 275,336th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 873 people.
The surname Wangchan is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 767,808. In Thailand it is most common in: Trang Province, where 47 percent reside, Bangkok, where 29 percent reside and Chiang Mai Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Thailand this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wangchan
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