Weixiang Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Weixiang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Weixiang (200,470) may also be a first name.
Weixiang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weixiang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weixiang occurs in Singapore more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Weixiang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weixiang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Weixiang are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 5,207th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 200,470 people.
Weixiang is most commonly used in Singapore, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 61,197. Outside of Singapore this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent reside and Taiwan, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weixiong | 88 | 55 | / |
| Weisiang | 88 | 48 | / |
| Beixiang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Weexiang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Weihsiang | 82 | 4 | / |
| Bixiang | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hweihsiang | 78 | 1 | / |
| Huixiang | 75 | 20 | / |
| Baixiang | 75 | 3 | / |
| Weiseiong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waichiang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bixiong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wichaiyang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wizyang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweeshiang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bissiang | 63 | 24 | / |
| Huaxiang | 63 | 21 | / |
| Huisiang | 63 | 6 | / |
| Huixiong | 63 | 5 | / |
| Beesiang | 63 | 1 | / |
| Baixiong | 63 | 1 | / |
| Huanxiang | 59 | 3 | / |
| Wayuseang | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wangziang | 59 | 1 | / |
| Waichiong | 59 | 1 | / |
| Huangxiang | 56 | 23 | / |
| Wichaiyong | 56 | 21 | / |
| Wachaiyang | 56 | 1 | / |
| Basiang | 53 | 133 | / |
| Waiseong | 50 | 1 | / |
| Bessiong | 50 | 1 | / |
| Wichjong | 50 | 1 | / |
| Vaisyang | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Weixiang
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