Wuyen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wuyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wuyen (203) may also be a first name.
Wuyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wuyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wuyen is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wuyen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wuyen is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wuyen live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 635,584th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 203 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 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 Wuyen
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