Wangchen Surname
Approximately 4,194 people bear this surname
Wangchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 3,835 | 1:6,113 | 138 |
| Bhutan | 252 | 1:2,445 | 176 |
| China | 47 | 1:29,091,948 | 1,546 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wangchen (3,861) may also be a first name.
Wangchen Demographics
Average Wangchen Salary in
United States
$18,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wangchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangchen (Tibetan: དབང་ཆེན།) occurs in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 110,796th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,737,612 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wangchen are found; 93 percent are found in East Asia and 93 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Wangchen is also the 112,999th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 3,861 people.
Wangchen is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 3,835 people, or 1 in 6,113. In Taiwan Wangchen is mostly concentrated in: Taichung City, where 19 percent live, Kaohsiung City, where 19 percent live and Tainan City, where 16 percent live. Barring Taiwan this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 6 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Wangchen Last Name Statistics demography
Wangchen earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 57.51% less than the national average, earning $18,333 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangchhen | 94 | 2 | / |
| Wangcheun | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wangcheen | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wangchean | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wanchen | 93 | 29 | / |
| Wangceng | 88 | 326 | / |
| Wangchin | 88 | 236 | / |
| Wangshen | 88 | 43 | / |
| Wangcehn | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wancheen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Huangchen | 82 | 5,171 | / |
| Wongcheen | 82 | 42 | / |
| Wangchina | 82 | 39 | / |
| Wongcheng | 82 | 11 | / |
| Wongcheun | 82 | 4 | / |
| Wangcheam | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wanchin | 80 | 162 | / |
| Wangsen | 80 | 19 | / |
| Vanchen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wangzen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wangken | 80 | 1 | / |
| Huangcheng | 78 | 46 | / |
| Wangtching | 78 | 1 | / |
| Huangchien | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wongchin | 75 | 1,460 | / |
| Wongkhen | 75 | 263 | / |
| Wangsaen | 75 | 175 | / |
| Wangjeen | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vangchin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wanngjen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wangxeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wongchaisen | 74 | 4 | / |
| Huangceng | 71 | 634 | / |
| Wanken | 71 | 249 | / |
| Wongchina | 71 | 138 | / |
| Vancen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Huangshen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whongkhen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wonchin | 67 | 2,186 | / |
| Wongsen | 67 | 784 | / |
| Vanchin | 67 | 694 | / |
| Wangsin | 67 | 495 | / |
| Bancken | 67 | 301 | / |
| Bangsen | 67 | 95 | / |
| Wangxin | 67 | 65 | / |
| Wongken | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wankaen | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wongchesem | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wangqin | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wangsén | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wangqun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uanchin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huangching | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wainken | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wangzin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Banggen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vonchen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wongjen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wonggen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vancken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vangsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wangsem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vangken | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weincen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wannken | 67 | 0 | / |
Wangchen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangchen in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་ཆེན། | wangchen | 66.17 |
| དབང་ཆེན་ | wangchen | 25.37 |
| དབང་ཅན། | wangchen | 2.99 |
| དབང་ཆེན་། | wangchen | 1 |
| དབང་ཕྱུག། | wangchuk | 0.5 |
| དབང་ཆན། | wangchen | 0.5 |
| དབྱངས་ཅེན་ | yangchen | 0.5 |
| དབང་ཅེན། | wangchen | 0.5 |
| དབྱངས་ཅན། | yangchen | 0.5 |
| དབང་ལྡན། | wangden | 0.5 |
| དབང་ཅན་ | wangchen | 0.5 |
| དབང་བཙན། | wangtsen | 0.5 |
| དབང་ཆེན | wangchen | 0.5 |
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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 Wangchen
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