Wanggan Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wanggan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanggan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan181:1,302,4868,817
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wanggan (396) may also be a first name.

Wanggan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanggan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wanggan occurs most in Taiwan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wanggan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanggan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wanggan is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Wanggan live; 45 percent live in East Asia and 45 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Wanggan is also the 434,130th most widely held first name globally, borne by 396 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 1,302,486. In Taiwan Wanggan is most prevalent in: Tainan City, where 39 percent reside, Taoyuan City, where 22 percent reside and Yunlin County, where 22 percent reside. Not including Taiwan it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 35 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.

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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 Wanggan
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