Wei-Lin Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wei-Lin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wei-Lin (41) may also be a first name.
Wei-Lin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wei-Lin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wei-Lin occurs in China more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wei-Lin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Wei-Lin occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Wei-Lin are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.
The surname Wei-Lin is most frequently used in China, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 1,367,321,566. Other than China it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Singapore, where 25 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
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- 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 Wei-Lin
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