Wangkay Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Wangkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 270 | 1:489,812 | 40,209 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wangkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangkay is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangkay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wangkay is the 887,624th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Wangkay are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 489,812. In Indonesia Wangkay is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 97 percent live, Papua, where 3 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 0 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wangkay
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