Wangey Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Wangey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wangey (10) may also be a first name.
Wangey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangey (Tibetan: དབང་རྒྱས་) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Wangey live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Wangey is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Wangey is most frequent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent are found. Excluding India Wangey is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wangey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangey in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་རྒྱས་ | wanggyé | - |
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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 Wangey
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