Wongwai Surname

55,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Wongwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wongwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand9,1461:7,723345
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Wongwai (2,912) may also be a first name.

Wongwai Last Name Facts

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

Wongwai is found most in Thailand. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wongwai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 55,132nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 790,321 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wongwai reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 134,577th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 2,912 people.

The surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is held by 9,146 people, or 1 in 7,723. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 13 percent reside, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 6 percent reside and Surin Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Wongwai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wongwai last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Wongwai earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.23% more than the national average, earning $58,781 USD per year.

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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 Wongwai
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