Wulong Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wulong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wulong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
China61:227,886,92811,701
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Wulong (19,959) may also be a first name.

Wulong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wulong is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wulong? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Wulong are found; 52 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 52 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 37,843rd most frequent forename in the world, held by 19,959 people.

This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Wulong is most prevalent in: Madang, where 93 percent reside and East Sepik, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in China, where 21 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woulong921/
Bulong831,619/
Wulang83957/
Wulung83189/
Wolong8390/
Wilong8344/
Vulong831/
Bullong77401/
Baulong77106/
Voulong7795/
Wuliang7794/
Buliong7749/
Wollong7742/
Wiliong7725/
Boulong7721/
Builong7716/
Bulyong7710/
Wullang774/
Woulang773/
Beulong772/
Buulong772/
Wolyong771/
Wulgang771/
Bouloung7119/
Bouliong7116/
Bauloung712/
Bulliong712/
Voullong711/
Bulang672,368/
Bulung67285/
Wolang6783/
Wilang6774/
Vilong674/
Wolung674/
Bouhloung671/

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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 Wulong
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