Wangka Surname
Approximately 1,206 people bear this surname
Wangka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,000 | 1:132,249 | 13,214 |
| Thailand | 140 | 1:504,560 | 87,939 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Wangka (768) may also be a first name.
Wangka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangka (Tibetan: དབང་ཀ།) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wangka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 311,995th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 6,042,741 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wangka live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 82 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 296,201st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 768 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,000 people, or 1 in 132,249. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 72 percent reside, North Maluku, where 16 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wangka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangka in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་ཀ། | wangka | - |
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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 Wangka
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