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
The surname Wulai occurs most in Taiwan. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wulai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wulai is the 802,733rd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. This 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. Wulai is also the 881,625th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 113 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 79,744. In Taiwan Wulai is mostly concentrated in: Taichung City, where 23 percent are found, Yilan County, where 10 percent are found and Taoyuan City, where 10 percent are found. Besides Taiwan this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 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 Wulai
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