Yancai Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Yancai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 124 | 1:189,071 | 1,638 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yancai (41,946) may also be a first name.
Yancai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yancai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yancai is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yancai.
How Common Is The Last Name Yancai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yancai reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Yancai is also the 21,374th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 41,946 people.
The surname Yancai is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 189,071. In Taiwan Yancai is most common in: Taichung City, where 26 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 19 percent reside and Changhua County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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 Yancai
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