Wangkang Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wangkang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangkang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan361:651,2434,752
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
China31:455,773,85521,925
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Wangkang (1,418) may also be a first name.

Wangkang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangkang is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wangkang click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangkang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Wangkang live; 53 percent live in East Asia and 53 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 207,345th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 1,418 people.

The surname is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 651,243. In Taiwan Wangkang is mostly concentrated in: Kaohsiung City, where 33 percent reside, Taichung City, where 22 percent reside and Tainan City, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account Taiwan it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 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 Wangkang
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