Weian Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Weian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Weian (1,097) may also be a first name.
Weian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weian occurs more in Singapore more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Weian.
How Common Is The Last Name Weian? popularity and diffusion
Weian is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Weian reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 240,930th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 1,097 people.
The surname Weian is most numerous in Singapore, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 423,669. Without taking into account Singapore this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live.
Weian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weian has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weian last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Weian
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