Wantai Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Wantai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wantai (4,045) may also be a first name.
Wantai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wantai is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Wantai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Wantai reside; 60 percent reside in East Asia and 60 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 109,658th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 4,045 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 937,790. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taipei City, where 40 percent are found, New Taipei City, where 32 percent are found and Nantou County, where 28 percent are found. Outside of Taiwan this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Wantai
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