Wenchang Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Wenchang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenchang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China31:455,773,85521,925
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wenchang (111,049) may also be a first name.

Wenchang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wenchang Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wenchang occurs in China more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenchang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Wenchang reside; 50 percent reside in East Asia and 50 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 9,255th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 111,049 people.

The surname Wenchang is most common in China, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 455,773,855. Outside of China Wenchang occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Ecuador, where 13 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 Wenchang
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