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
Chenye is found most in Taiwan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,243rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,376,490 people. The last name Chenye occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Chenye live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 52,330th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 12,626 people.
The surname Chenye is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is carried by 823 people, or 1 in 28,487. In Taiwan it is most numerous in: Kaohsiung City, where 20 percent reside, Tainan City, where 15 percent reside and Taoyuan City, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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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