Chengwen Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Chengwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chengwen (115,908) may also be a first name.
Chengwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chengwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chengwen is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chengwen.
How Common Is The Last Name Chengwen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most widespread family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Chengwen are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chengwen is also the 8,897th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 115,908 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent live and Southwest Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in China, where 32 percent live and Taiwan, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengweng | 94 | 2 | / |
| Cengwen | 93 | 19 | / |
| Chengkweng | 89 | 11 | / |
| Chesingwen | 89 | 9 | / |
| Cengweng | 88 | 33 | / |
| Changwen | 88 | 8 | / |
| Chongwen | 88 | 5 | / |
| Shengwen | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chingwen | 88 | 2 | / |
| Hengweng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chongwaen | 82 | 9 | / |
| Chengwain | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chengkuen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zengwen | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sengwen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hengwin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kengwen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chengbin | 75 | 13 | / |
| Chingwem | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chengqun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chenguin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shingwen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchenguem | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tshingwen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Qingwen | 67 | 14 | / |
| Henquen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Xingwen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sengwin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chenqun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hengbin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kingwen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kenguen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zenguen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zengben | 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
- 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 Chengwen
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