Zhangyan Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Zhangyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 167 | 1:140,388 | 1,254 |
| China | 62 | 1:22,053,574 | 1,221 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zhangyan (34,155) may also be a first name.
Zhangyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhangyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhangyan is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhangyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zhangyan is the 1,058,336th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Zhangyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Zhangyan live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Zhangyan is also the 25,200th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 34,155 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 140,388. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 29 percent reside, Taichung City, where 21 percent reside and New Taipei City, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in China, where 26 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuangyan | 94 | 47 | / |
| Zhangyuan | 94 | 44 | / |
| Zhuangyuan | 89 | 1 | / |
| Zhengyan | 88 | 94 | / |
| Zhangyun | 88 | 33 | / |
| Zhangyin | 88 | 29 | / |
| Zhongyan | 88 | 24 | / |
| Zhongyuan | 82 | 57 | / |
| Zhengyuan | 82 | 23 | / |
| Zhuangyin | 82 | 9 | / |
| Zandyan | 80 | 34 | / |
| Zongyan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zhengyn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zhengyin | 75 | 10 | / |
| Zhengyun | 75 | 9 | / |
| Zhongyin | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zhongyun | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dzhandian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zandian | 67 | 2,027 | / |
| Sandyan | 67 | 28 | / |
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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 Zhangyan
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