Chenk Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Chenk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chenk (20) may also be a first name.
Chenk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chenk (Russian: Ченк) is most common in Brazil. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Chenk live; 46 percent live in South America and 44 percent live in Luso-South America. Chenk is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
Chenk is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil Chenk is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 39 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 28 percent are found and Bahia, where 22 percent are found. Not including Brazil it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Chenk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chenk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chenk surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chenk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chenk in the Russian language | ||
| Ченк | cenk | - |
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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 Chenk
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