Wangda Surname
Approximately 850 people bear this surname
Wangda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 769 | 1:801 | 101 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Wangda (6,700) may also be a first name.
Wangda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangda (Tibetan: དབང་དྲག།) occurs more in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wangda.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 410,688th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,573,583 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wangda live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. Wangda is also the 79,840th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 6,700 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Bhutan, where it is carried by 769 people, or 1 in 801. In Bhutan Wangda is primarily concentrated in: Trashigang District, where 21 percent live, Samdrup Jongkhar District, where 13 percent live and Thimphu District, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Bhutan Wangda is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangdai | 92 | 80 | / |
| Wangday | 92 | 32 | / |
| Weangda | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wangdi | 83 | 19,324 | / |
| Wangde | 83 | 1,471 | / |
| Bangda | 83 | 425 | / |
| Wongda | 83 | 96 | / |
| Wangdo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Vangda | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wangdee | 77 | 1,326 | / |
| Wangdui | 77 | 169 | / |
| Bangday | 77 | 43 | / |
| Wangdoo | 77 | 13 | / |
| Hwangdo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hwangdi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wangdhi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wongdat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Huangda | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bangdha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaangda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wangdii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wongdoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wongdad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huangdai | 71 | 152 | / |
| Whangdee | 71 | 50 | / |
| Hwangdee | 71 | 20 | / |
| Woingdai | 71 | 14 | / |
| Waingdee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wangdhee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wongdi | 67 | 3,968 | / |
| Bangde | 67 | 302 | / |
| Bangdo | 67 | 125 | / |
| Bangdi | 67 | 109 | / |
| Vangde | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vangdy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wongdo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vangdi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vongda | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bongda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vankda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wankde | 67 | 1 | / |
Wangda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangda in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་དྲག། | wangdrak | 58.62 |
| དབང་གྲགས། | wangdrak | 26.95 |
| དབང་དྲགས། | wangdrak | 3.68 |
| དབང་གྲགས་ | wangdrak | 3.09 |
| དབང་དྲག་ | wangdrak | 2.95 |
| དབང་སྒྲགས། | wangdrak | 0.74 |
| དབང་གྲག། | wangdrak | 0.59 |
| དབང་དྲ། | wangdra | 0.59 |
| དབང་སྒྲ། | wangdra | 0.44 |
| དབང་གྲག་ | wangdrak | 0.29 |
| དབང་འདྲ། | wangdra | 0.29 |
| དབང་དྲྭ། | wangdra | 0.29 |
| དབང་འགྲག། | wangdrak | 0.29 |
| དབང་དྲགས་ | wangdrak | 0.15 |
| དབང་སྒྲ་ | wangdra | 0.15 |
| དབང་འགྲ། | wangdra | 0.15 |
| དབང་འགྲ་ | wangdra | 0.15 |
| དབང་དྲག་། | wangdrak | 0.15 |
| དབང་འདྲ་ | wangdra | 0.15 |
| དབང་གྲགས | wangdrak | 0.15 |
| དབང་འདུས། | wangdü | 0.15 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wangda
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