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
Wangda (Tibetan: དབང་དྲག།) occurs more in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 410,688th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,573,583 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wangda live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 79,840th most frequently held forename globally, held by 6,700 people.
Wangda is most commonly used in Bhutan, where it is carried by 769 people, or 1 in 801. In Bhutan it is most numerous in: Trashigang District, where 21 percent reside, Samdrup Jongkhar District, where 13 percent reside and Thimphu District, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Bhutan Wangda exists in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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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