Chenye Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Chenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 823 | 1:28,487 | 381 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chenye (12,626) may also be a first name.
Chenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chenye is most common in Taiwan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,243rd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,376,490 people. Chenye is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Chenye reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Chenye is also the 52,330th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 12,626 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 823 people, or 1 in 28,487. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 20 percent reside, Tainan City, where 15 percent reside and Taoyuan City, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan Chenye occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and China, 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 Chenye
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