Wichan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wichan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common given name.
- THThailand≈1 in 835as วิเชียร(inferred from the name graph)
- LBLebanon≈1 in 506K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 173Kas วิเชียร
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Wichan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 103 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 506K (inferred from the name graph)
≈83,000 named วิเชียร, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Lebanon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
16 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled วิเชียร in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia, Vichien in US United States and Vichian in GT Guatemala.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wichan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | #68 | ≈83,000 est. | ≈1 in 835 | #367,921 | วิเชียร | 103 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 173K | — | วิเชียร | 1 |
| US United States | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 4.9M | 162 | Vichien | 44 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 502K | — | Vichian | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | วิเชียร | 4 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 506K | — | Wichan | 1 |
| IS Iceland | — | 1as Wichien | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joanna WichanPLPolish anthropologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Wichan a male or female name?
- Wichan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wichan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 83 thousand people named วิเชียร in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Wichan?
- In Iceland, the national register counted 1 people named Wichien in 2026, about 1 in 351 thousand residents.
- How common is Wichan compared with other names?
- In Thailand, Wichan is the 68th most common given name of 488,147 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Wichan?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wichanThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wichan” — the 68th most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.