Wantham Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Wantham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wantham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand621:1,139,328167,850
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001

Wantham (60) may also be a first name.

Wantham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wantham Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wantham is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wantham.

How Common Is The Last Name Wantham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wantham live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Tai-Asia. Wantham is also the 1,270,172nd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 60 people.

It is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,139,328. In Thailand Wantham is mostly found in: Chiang Rai Province, where 37 percent are found, Bangkok, where 19 percent are found and Samut Prakan Province, where 18 percent are found. Not including Thailand it exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wantham
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis