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 is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Wangs occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wangs are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 12 people.
Wangs is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne 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. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Wangs
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