Wangya Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Wangya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 45 | 1:30,384,924 | 1,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Wangya (10,011) may also be a first name.
Wangya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangya (Marathi: वांग्या) is most common in China. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wangya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangya? popularity and diffusion
Wangya is the 2,152,526th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Wangya live; 68 percent live in East Asia and 68 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 61,205th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 10,011 people.
The last name is most widely held in China, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 30,384,924. Excluding China it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wangya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangya in the Marathi language | ||
| वांग्या | vangya | - |
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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 Wangya
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