Wangchu Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Wangchu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,100 | 1:697,332 | 32,414 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Bhutan | 13 | 1:47,388 | 632 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Wangchu (1,445) may also be a first name.
Wangchu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangchu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangchu (Hindi: वांगचु, Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་) has its highest incidence in India. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 328,558th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. The last name Wangchu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wangchu live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 205,259th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 1,445 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,100 people, or 1 in 697,332. In India it is most prevalent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 97 percent reside, Assam, where 2 percent reside and Himachal Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Other than India this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and Bhutan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangchhu | 93 | 8 | / |
| Wangchuy | 93 | 5 | / |
| Wanghu | 92 | 144 | / |
| Wangchouy | 88 | 4 | / |
| Wongchu | 86 | 1,749 | / |
| Wanghou | 86 | 218 | / |
| Wangzhu | 86 | 148 | / |
| Bangchu | 86 | 113 | / |
| Wanghui | 86 | 62 | / |
| Wangshu | 86 | 59 | / |
| Wangcui | 86 | 5 | / |
| Wangkhu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Vangchu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wanghau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wangkhui | 80 | 167 | / |
| Wongchui | 80 | 55 | / |
| Wangchoo | 80 | 29 | / |
| Wangshui | 80 | 7 | / |
| Huangchu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wangshou | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wangzhui | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wongchou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wangsu | 77 | 13,978 | / |
| Wangxu | 77 | 894 | / |
| Wonghu | 77 | 76 | / |
| Banghu | 77 | 37 | / |
| Vanghu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wangzu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wongchouy | 75 | 5 | / |
| Vangchuua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Huanghu | 71 | 164 | / |
| Wangzou | 71 | 17 | / |
| Wangsud | 71 | 13 | / |
| Wangsui | 71 | 4 | / |
| Banghui | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vanghus | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wangsup | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wangsau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bangshu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Banghou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wangsou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanghou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woingtcheu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wonghou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wonghud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Huangzhu | 67 | 267 | / |
| Huanghou | 67 | 177 | / |
| Wongkhui | 67 | 124 | / |
| Wongchoo | 67 | 93 | / |
| Huanghui | 67 | 31 | / |
| Huangshu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Huangcui | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hwangsud | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hwangsut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wangsuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vongchuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waingsou | 67 | 1 | / |
Wangchu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangchu in the Hindi language | ||
| वांगचु | vangacu | - |
| Wangchu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་ཕྱུག་ | wangchuk | 48.28 |
| དབང་ཕྱུག། | wangchuk | 37.93 |
| དབང་ཕྱུགས། | wangchuk | 10.34 |
| དབང་ཕྱུགས་ | wangchuk | 3.45 |
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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 Wangchu
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