Ch'ien Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ch'ien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Ch'ien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ch'ien Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ch'ien has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ch'ien.
How Common Is The Last Name Ch'ien? popularity and diffusion
Ch'ien is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Ch'ien is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Ch'ien live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 75 percent reside and California, where 25 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 29 percent reside and China, where 14 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 Ch'ien
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