Wuye Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Wuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 252 | 1:93,035 | 925 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wuye (175) may also be a first name.
Wuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wuye is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wuye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wuye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 755,622nd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Wuye live; 71 percent live in East Asia and 71 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 690,096th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 175 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 93,035. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: Kaohsiung City, where 22 percent reside, Tainan City, where 14 percent reside and Taoyuan City, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and China, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wuye
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