Wangwai Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wangwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wangwai (794) may also be a first name.
Wangwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangwai is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wangwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Wangwai live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 290,602nd most common given name worldwide, held by 794 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 25 percent live and Hong Kong, where 6 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 Wangwai
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