Wangye Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Wangye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 351 | 1:66,794 | 700 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wangye (2,240) may also be a first name.
Wangye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangye is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 751,291st most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Wangye reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Wangye is also the 157,878th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 2,240 people.
This surname is most common in Taiwan, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 66,794. In Taiwan Wangye is most frequent in: Kaohsiung City, where 22 percent reside, Tainan City, where 21 percent reside and Taichung City, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in China, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wangye
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