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 can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wongwai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 55,132nd most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 790,321 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wongwai reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Wongwai is also the 134,577th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 2,912 people.

The last name Wongwai is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is held by 9,146 people, or 1 in 7,723. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 13 percent are found, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 6 percent are found and Surin Province, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Thailand Wongwai exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.

Wongwai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wongwai surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being 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
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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 Wongwai
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