Yangtze Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
United States

Yangtze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yangtze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China31:455,773,85521,925
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yangtze (693) may also be a first name.

Yangtze Last Name Facts

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

Yangtze occurs more in China more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yangtze.

How Common Is The Last Name Yangtze? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yangtze is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Yangtze live; 75 percent live in East Asia and 75 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Yangtze is also the 314,062nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 693 people.

The surname is most frequent in China, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 455,773,855. Outside of China this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yangze922/
Yangtse864/
Yangzee863/
Yangzie861/
Yangzey861/
Yangz832/
Yangzi7736/
Yongze777/
Jangze777/
Yangzhi7127/
Yongzee719/
Yongzhe713/
Yangzai712/
Yangche712/
Jiangze711/
Yangtsay672/
Yangc672/
Yankz672/
Yangchey671/
Giangtzi671/
Yongz671/

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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 Yangtze
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis