Wangs Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Wangs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Wangs (12) may also be a first name.
Wangs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangs occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangs? popularity and diffusion
Wangs is the 2,273,756th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Wangs occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wangs reside; 49 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 49 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Wangs is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 53 percent live, East Sepik, where 32 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Wangs is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 13 percent live and Bhutan, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangse | 91 | 232 | / |
| Wangsj | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wangshe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wangsøe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Bangs | 80 | 11,452 | / |
| Wongs | 80 | 133 | / |
| Wanks | 80 | 38 | / |
| Wancs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wangx | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wangz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vangs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wongsh | 73 | 135 | / |
| Wongse | 73 | 97 | / |
| Bangsh | 73 | 90 | / |
| Vangsø | 73 | 30 | / |
| Bangsø | 73 | 21 | / |
| Vangås | 73 | 14 | / |
| Bangås | 73 | 8 | / |
| Huangs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wangcx | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wangce | 73 | 2 | / |
| Woungs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wangxz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vangså | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vanhgs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wancks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baings | 73 | 1 | / |
| Banggs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vangsøe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wongsze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huangst | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wangs
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