Yangshi Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Yangshi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yangshi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1481:158,4101,401
China201:68,366,0783,721
India191:40,371,862445,856
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Yangshi (7,896) may also be a first name.

Yangshi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yangshi occurs most in Taiwan. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yangshi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,227,038th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. Yangshi is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yangshi live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 88 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Yangshi is also the 71,710th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 7,896 people.

It is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 158,410. In Taiwan Yangshi is primarily concentrated in: Tainan City, where 20 percent live, Taichung City, where 18 percent live and Kaohsiung City, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 11 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.

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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 Yangshi
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