Chenwei Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Chenwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 280 | 1:83,731 | 844 |
| China | 89 | 1:15,363,164 | 900 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chenwei (45,581) may also be a first name.
Chenwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenwei occurs most in Taiwan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenwei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 752,779th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Chenwei reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 19,988th most common forename globally. It is borne by 45,581 people.
It is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 83,731. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Taichung City, where 24 percent reside, Taoyuan City, where 11 percent reside and Kaohsiung City, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Taiwan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in China, where 23 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chenwei
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