Zhouyan Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Zhouyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 30 | 1:781,492 | 5,561 |
| China | 22 | 1:62,150,980 | 3,380 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zhouyan (12,532) may also be a first name.
Zhouyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhouyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zhouyan is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhouyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zhouyan is the 2,605,694th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Zhouyan live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 52,615th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 12,532 people.
This surname is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 781,492. In Taiwan Zhouyan is most prevalent in: Tainan City, where 23 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 17 percent reside and Taichung City, where 13 percent reside. Not including Taiwan Zhouyan exists in 4 countries. It is also found in China, where 40 percent reside and Singapore, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Zhouyan
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