Wanyan Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Wanyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| China | 59 | 1:23,174,942 | 1,270 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Wanyan (31,373) may also be a first name.
Wanyan Demographics
Wanyan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Wanyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyan is found most frequently in Singapore. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wanyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,267,784th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Wanyan live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 26,961st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 31,373 people.
It is most frequently used in Singapore, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 91,795. Outside of Singapore this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in China, where 33 percent live and Liberia, where 13 percent live.
Wanyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Armenian Apostolic (100%) in Lebanon.
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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 Wanyan
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