Wuwen Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wuwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan791:296,7692,416
China181:75,962,3094,162
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wuwen (108) may also be a first name.

Wuwen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wuwen has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wuwen.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuwen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wuwen is the 1,871,545th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wuwen reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 904,892nd most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 108 people.

It is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 296,769. In Taiwan Wuwen is mostly concentrated in: Tainan City, where 22 percent reside, Changhua County, where 14 percent reside and New Taipei City, where 14 percent reside. Other than Taiwan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuweng91105/
Wouwen9114/
Wauwen911/
Wouweng831/
Vuwen8015/
Wowen802/
Wuwem801/
Wauweene771/
Wiwien7324/
Wouben732/
Vuweng731/
Wiwn6714/
Bouwenn671/
Wuvn671/
Wown670/
Buben604,363/
Wiwin602,676/
Vuben6048/
Wowin6025/
Viwen603/
Wievn600/
Bouwyn5580/
Bauben5513/
Bouben5512/
Beuben554/
Bubeen553/
Viwoen552/
Woowin551/
Bubenn551/

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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 Wuwen
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