Yewang Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Yewang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 314 | 1:74,665 | 767 |
| Indonesia | 138 | 1:958,327 | 70,806 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yewang (4,128) may also be a first name.
Yewang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yewang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yewang (Tibetan: ཡིད་འོང་) is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yewang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 657,184th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yewang are found; 69 percent are found in East Asia and 69 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 108,235th most frequent first name internationally, held by 4,128 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 74,665. In Taiwan Yewang is mostly found in: Kaohsiung City, where 18 percent reside, Tainan City, where 18 percent reside and Taoyuan City, where 10 percent reside. Not including Taiwan this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiewang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yewheang | 86 | 52 | / |
| Yewong | 83 | 218 | / |
| Yebang | 83 | 32 | / |
| Jewang | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ejwang | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ehwang | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yeuang | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ewangh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yehuang | 77 | 448 | / |
| Jehwang | 77 | 18 | / |
| Yewheng | 77 | 6 | / |
| Jeawang | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yebaing | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yewoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jiewang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yewanke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Evang | 73 | 780 | / |
| Gewahang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jehwamng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yeshuang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jewong | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yeuong | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jebang | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ejvang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eweing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iebang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeveng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yebong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Evaing | 67 | 1 | / |
Yewang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yewang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡིད་འོང་ | yiong | - |
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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 Yewang
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