Yangyan Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Yangyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 119 | 1:197,015 | 1,702 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yangyan (28,335) may also be a first name.
Yangyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yangyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yangyan is most common in Taiwan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yangyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Yangyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yangyan reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Yangyan is also the 29,131st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 28,335 people.
Yangyan is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 197,015. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: Kaohsiung City, where 21 percent are found, Taichung City, where 16 percent are found and New Taipei City, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Taiwan this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in China, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yangyean | 93 | 10 | / |
| Yongyan | 86 | 965 | / |
| Jangyan | 86 | 114 | / |
| Yandyan | 86 | 58 | / |
| Yangyon | 86 | 11 | / |
| Yongyean | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yangyoun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yangyein | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yandian | 71 | 58 | / |
| Yongyon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yandjang | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yongyoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yongyoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jandegian | 63 | 44 | / |
| Jandian | 57 | 7 | / |
| Iandian | 57 | 1 | / |
| Yandiam | 57 | 1 | / |
| Jandeean | 53 | 4 | / |
| Jandayon | 53 | 4 | / |
| Yondjang | 53 | 2 | / |
| Jandiann | 53 | 1 | / |
| Yamdjong | 53 | 1 | / |
| Yamdjang | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Yangyan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis