Wangchhuk Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Wangchhuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 44 | 1:14,001 | 412 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
Wangchhuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangchhuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangchhuk (Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག།) occurs more in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchhuk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wangchhuk is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wangchhuk live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia.
The last name is most frequently used in Bhutan, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 14,001. In Bhutan it is primarily concentrated in: Thimphu District, where 91 percent reside, Lhuntse District, where 2 percent reside and Samdrup Jongkhar District, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Bhutan Wangchhuk occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangchhuck | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wangchuk | 94 | 16,477 | / |
| Wangchuck | 89 | 94 | / |
| Wanghchuk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wanggchuk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wanngchuk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wangcuk | 88 | 3 | / |
| Wangchok | 82 | 142 | / |
| Wangchug | 82 | 34 | / |
| Vangchuk | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hwanghuk | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bangcheuk | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wangtsuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wongkhuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wongchok | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wongchuig | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wongjuk | 63 | 25 | / |
| Wongjuck | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wongjug | 50 | 4 | / |
| Vongjuk | 50 | 2 | / |
Wangchhuk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangchhuk in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་ཕྱུག། | wangchuk | - |
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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 Wangchhuk
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