Yantong Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yantong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yantong (38,373) may also be a first name.
Yantong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yantong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yantong (Tibetan: ཡོན་སྟོངས།) is found in China more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yantong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Yantong live; 55 percent live in East Asia and 55 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Yantong is also the 23,017th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 38,373 people.
This last name is most frequent in China, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 341,830,392. Aside from China Yantong exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Malaysia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yantong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yantong in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡོན་སྟོངས། | yöntong | - |
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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 Yantong
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