Ah Chin Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Ah Chin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 67 | 1:440,212 | 22,576 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Ah Chin (923) may also be a first name.
Ah Chin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Chin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ah Chin is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Chin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Ah Chin occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Ah Chin live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 266,626th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 923 people.
The last name Ah Chin is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 440,212. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Sabah, where 22 percent reside, Johor, where 15 percent reside and Sarawak, where 13 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Ching | 93 | 88 | / |
| Ah Chine | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hin | 92 | 31 | / |
| Ah Hing | 86 | 64 | / |
| Ah Shin | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ah Chen | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ah Khin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ah Chim | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ah Hsin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ah Cheng | 80 | 36 | / |
| Ah-Ching | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ah-Chion | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ah-Chine | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ah Him | 77 | 490 | / |
| Ah Sin | 77 | 87 | / |
| Ah Hen | 77 | 42 | / |
| Ah Kin | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ah Jin | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ah Gin | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ah Cheang | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ah Sing | 71 | 80 | / |
| Ah Heng | 71 | 50 | / |
| Ah-Hing | 71 | 19 | / |
| Ah Sien | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ah Chem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Heyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Kion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Ceng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ah Sehen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Cheen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Heang | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ah Chin
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