Wantan Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Wantan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 160 | 1:441,490 | 77,308 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wantan (155) may also be a first name.
Wantan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wantan occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wantan.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 924,083rd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Wantan are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Wantan is also the 738,219th most numerous forename internationally, held by 155 people.
The last name Wantan is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 441,490. In Thailand Wantan is primarily concentrated in: Phayao Province, where 45 percent reside, Lamphun Province, where 26 percent reside and Chiang Mai Province, where 9 percent reside. Barring Thailand Wantan exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 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
- 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 Wantan
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