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
Chegen (Russian: Чеген) is held by more people in El Salvador than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chegen.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 widely held first name internationally, borne by 1,757 people.
This surname is most frequent in El Salvador, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 144,179. In El Salvador it is most common in: Santa Ana Department, where 61 percent live, Ahuachapán Department, where 25 percent live and La Libertad Department, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account El Salvador this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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