Wei Shan Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wei Shan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wei Shan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wei Shan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wei Shan is borne by more people in Singapore than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wei Shan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wei Shan is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Wei Shan are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia.
The surname Wei Shan is most frequent in Singapore, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 423,669. Barring Singapore this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 7 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 Shan
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