Chegen Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Chegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 44 | 1:144,179 | 1,853 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chegen (1,757) may also be a first name.
Chegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chegen (Russian: Чеген) occurs in El Salvador more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. Chegen is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Chegen are found; 92 percent are found in Central America and 92 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 182,678th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,757 people.
The surname Chegen is most frequently occurring in El Salvador, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 144,179. In El Salvador it is most frequent in: Santa Ana Department, where 61 percent reside, Ahuachapán Department, where 25 percent reside and La Libertad Department, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account El Salvador it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chegen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chegen in the Russian language | ||
| Чеген | cegen | - |
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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 Chegen
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