Wáng Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Wáng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wáng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

The alternate forms: Wang (107,002,577) are calculated separately.

Wáng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wáng has its highest incidence in France. It may also occur as: Wang. For other potential spellings of Wáng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wáng? popularity and diffusion

Wáng is the 11,742,229th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Wáng reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Wáng is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France Wáng is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 100 percent are found. Outside of France this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wang92107,002,577/
Wong75789,088/
Hwang671,032,107/
Whang672,936/
Waang671,106/
Woing671,083/
Woong67820/
Waing67659/
Hwong67463/
Waung67261/
Woung67163/
Wuang67126/
Whong67120/
Vwang67113/
Weing67106/
Wuong6761/
Weang6742/
Wongk6736/
Wongt6730/
Wangh6730/
Wahng6722/
Weung6721/
Wamng6712/
Wongp6712/
Wangk6711/
Wongg679/
Wangg678/
Wongc677/
Wonng675/
Wanng675/
Wongh674/
Wohng674/
Wayng672/
Wwang672/
Wongq671/
Wangc671/
Wangx671/
Vwong671/
Wangȗ671/
Wangå671/
Wgong671/
Woyng671/

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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 Wáng
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