Wanyang Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Wanyang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 302 | 1:68,772 | 8,648 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanyang (9,042) may also be a first name.
Wanyang Demographics
Wanyang Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanyang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanyang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Wanyang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 761,666th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wanyang live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wanyang is also the 65,485th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 9,042 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 68,772. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 44 percent reside, North Region, where 24 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Wanyang exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent reside and Taiwan, where 5 percent reside.
Wanyang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wanyang
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