Wuyun Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wuyun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuyun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China951:14,392,859847
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wuyun (107) may also be a first name.

Wuyun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wuyun is held by more people in China than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuyun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Wuyun are found; 82 percent are found in East Asia and 82 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 910,230th most prevalent forename internationally, held by 107 people.

The last name is most widely held in China, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 14,392,859. Other than China this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyun893/
Buyun80558/
Wuyum8069/
Wujun8051/
Wuyon803/
Wyunt800/
Vuyung7318/
Weiyun737/
Wayaun734/
Weyune732/
Wujune732/
Wooyun731/
Huoyun731/
Byun674,947/
Vyun671,969/
Wyum6781/
Wiun6763/
Whujung678/
Weiyung671/
Weijyun671/
Wjun671/
Wahyoun671/
Woyeung671/

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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 Wuyun
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