Wangyel Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Wangyel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 282 | 1:2,185 | 161 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
Wangyel (47) may also be a first name.
Wangyel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangyel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangyel (Tibetan: དབང་རྒྱལ།) occurs most in Bhutan. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangyel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 912,827th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wangyel live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. Wangyel is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 47 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Bhutan, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 2,185. In Bhutan Wangyel is mostly found in: Thimphu District, where 54 percent reside, Paro District, where 10 percent reside and Chukha District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Bhutan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanggel | 86 | 17 | / |
| Vangyel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wangayyele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Vangyele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wangyail | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vangjel | 71 | 158 | / |
| Wandiel | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wandjel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vangeil | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wandjele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wandiele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vangijsel | 63 | 3 | / |
| Vangijssel | 59 | 4 | / |
| Vongyil | 57 | 5 | / |
| Bandiel | 57 | 2 | / |
| Baageil | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bandjel | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wondjel | 57 | 1 | / |
| Baghiel | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vageill | 57 | 0 | / |
| Vandiehl | 53 | 2 | / |
| Vandjele | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vagelova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vangilova | 50 | 13 | / |
| Vandylova | 50 | 2 | / |
| Vandelova | 50 | 2 | / |
| Weigelova | 50 | 1 | / |
Wangyel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wangyel in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་རྒྱལ། | wanggyal | 84.73 |
| དབང་རྒྱལ་ | wanggyal | 12.21 |
| དབང་རྒྱལ | wanggyal | 1.53 |
| དབང་རྒྱལ་། | wanggyal | 0.76 |
| དབང་རྒྱས། | wanggyé | 0.76 |
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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 Wangyel
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