Wulai Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Wulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 294 | 1:79,744 | 812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
Wulai (113) may also be a first name.
Wulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wulai is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wulai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wulai is the 802,733rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Wulai reside; 84 percent reside in East Asia and 84 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 881,625th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 113 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 79,744. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taichung City, where 23 percent live, Yilan County, where 10 percent live and Taoyuan City, where 10 percent live. Apart from Taiwan Wulai exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
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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 Wulai
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