Cheyn Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Cheyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Cheyn (26) may also be a first name.
Cheyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheyn (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻦ, Russian: Чейн) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheyn? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheyn is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Cheyn occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Cheyn live; 44 percent live in Eastern Europe and 38 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Cheyn is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 26 people.
The surname Cheyn is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia Cheyn is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 50 percent live, Krasnodar Krai, where 33 percent live and Rostov Oblast, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Russia Cheyn exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheyn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheyn in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻦ | shyn | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻦ | alshyn | 40 |
| Cheyn in the Russian language | ||
| Чейн | cejn | - |
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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 Cheyn
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