Wangchey Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wangchey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 13 | 1:47,388 | 632 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Wangchey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangchey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangchey occurs more in Bhutan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wangchey.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Wangchey are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Tibeto-South Asia.
The surname Wangchey is most commonly occurring in Bhutan, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 47,388. In Bhutan it is most frequent in: Chukha District, where 77 percent are found, Punakha District, where 15 percent are found and Paro District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Bhutan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 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 Wangchey
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