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
Wangchu (Hindi: वांगचु, Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangchu? popularity and diffusion
Wangchu is the 328,558th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wangchu reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 205,259th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 1,445 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 1,100 people, or 1 in 697,332. In India it is primarily found in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 97 percent reside, Assam, where 2 percent reside and Himachal Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Not including India Wangchu 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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