Wichan Surname
Approximately 1,399 people bear this surname
Wichan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 1,265 | 1:55,841 | 6,781 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1:3,015,131 | 88,032 |
| Poland | 50 | 1:760,175 | 61,940 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Wichań (1) are calculated separately.
Wichan (41,560) may also be a first name.
Wichan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wichan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wichan occurs most in Thailand. It may also be found in the variant forms: Wichań. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wichan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wichan is the 277,054th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,209,111 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Wichan live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Tai-Asia. Wichan is also the 21,542nd most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 41,560 people.
The surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 1,265 people, or 1 in 55,841. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Trang Province, where 28 percent reside, Nakhon Pathom Province, where 15 percent reside and Nan Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Thailand this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Poland, where 4 percent reside.
Wichan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wichan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 80 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 Wichan
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