Cheon Surname
Approximately 1,793 people bear this surname
Cheon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 673 | 1:538,572 | 44,670 |
| South Korea | 377 | 1:135,916 | 172 |
| Malaysia | 136 | 1:216,869 | 12,591 |
| Cambodia | 127 | 1:121,946 | 2,556 |
| Canada | 105 | 1:350,910 | 31,754 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| North Korea | 9 | 1:2,790,783 | 79 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Cheon (772) may also be a first name.
Cheon Demographics
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Cheon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheon is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 226,403rd most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,064,443 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Cheon are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Cheon is also the 295,418th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 772 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 673 people, or 1 in 538,572. In The United States Cheon is mostly concentrated in: California, where 32 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in South Korea, where 21 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Cheon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cheon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cheon surname increased 13,460 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cheon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cheon surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cheon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.68% more than the national average, earning $53,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.86% more than the national average, earning $65,013 CAD per year.
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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 Cheon
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