Wongchan Surname

170,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Wongchan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wongchan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand2,4951:28,3122,737
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Wongchan (177) may also be a first name.

Wongchan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wongchan is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wongchan? popularity and diffusion

Wongchan is the 170,894th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,890,736 people. The surname Wongchan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wongchan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Wongchan is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 177 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 2,495 people, or 1 in 28,312. In Thailand Wongchan is most frequent in: Bueng Kan Province, where 28 percent are found, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 8 percent are found and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Thailand this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United States, 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
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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 Wongchan
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