Changten Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Changten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Changten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Changten Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Changten Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Changten is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Changten? popularity and diffusion

The last name Changten is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Changten occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Changten are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 328,517. In Switzerland Changten is primarily found in: Canton of Glarus, where 92 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 8 percent live. Barring Switzerland this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 4 percent live.

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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 Changten
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