Yangyuan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Yangyuan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yangyuan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
China61:227,886,92811,701
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yangyuan (12,779) may also be a first name.

Yangyuan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yangyuan is carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yangyuan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yangyuan is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Yangyuan occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Yangyuan live; 78 percent live in East Asia and 78 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Yangyuan is also the 51,886th most numerous given name globally, held by 12,779 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,930,593. In Taiwan Yangyuan is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 50 percent live, Kaohsiung City, where 38 percent live and Taichung City, where 13 percent live. Other than Taiwan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 33 percent live and Thailand, where 17 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
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  • 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 Yangyuan
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