Wongai Surname
Approximately 668 people bear this surname
Wongai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 637 | 1:110,892 | 16,255 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Wongai (243) may also be a first name.
Wongai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wongai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wongai occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wongai.
How Common Is The Last Name Wongai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 494,499th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,909,500 people. The last name Wongai is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Wongai are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 573,164th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 243 people.
Wongai is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 110,892. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Mae Hong Son Province, where 68 percent are found, Chiang Mai Province, where 10 percent are found and Nakhon Sawan Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Thailand this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wongai
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