Wuling Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wuling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China191:71,964,2933,948
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

Wuling (17,738) may also be a first name.

Wuling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wuling is held by more people in China than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuling? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Wuling live; 89 percent live in East Asia and 89 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Wuling is also the 41,258th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 17,738 people.

The last name is most commonly used in China, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 71,964,293. Apart from China Wuling is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wulling925/
Weuling924/
Wouling922/
Wuiling921/
Wueling921/
Wauling920/
Wullings86101/
Wuilling860/
Waulling860/
Woulings860/
Woutling860/
Buling831,160/
Woling83212/
Wuleng8398/
Wiling8365/
Bulling772,299/
Wieling77783/
Wullink77333/
Bauling77211/
Wolling77188/
Beuling77105/
Bouling7763/
Wooling7752/
Weulink7746/
Vulling7742/
Wülling7715/
Wühling7711/
Whiling772/
Wulengs771/
Uhiling771/
Wolinng770/
Wolingh770/
Woeling770/
Wholing770/
Wolng732/
Bulng732/
Vullings711,320/
Veulings71107/
Boulling7143/
Woehling7139/
Woolling7118/
Wiehling713/
Vuttling712/
Woohling711/
Beuhling711/
Whilling711/
Vulink67153/
Woleng67139/
Buleng6781/
Viling6717/
Wilink6710/
Voling676/
Wileng675/
Bulink674/
Wolink673/
Woulengue671/

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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 Wuling
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