Chinese Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Chinese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 199 | 1:307,320 | 38,309 |
| Iran | 154 | 1:498,588 | 29,637 |
| Afghanistan | 72 | 1:446,572 | 5,952 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chinese (3,743) may also be a first name.
Chinese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chinese (Arabic: شنس) occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chinese is the 667,223rd most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. The surname Chinese occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Chinese reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 115,066th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 3,743 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 307,320. In Italy Chinese is most common in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 71 percent are found, Sicily, where 13 percent are found and Campania, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Italy it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 34 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chinese Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese in the Arabic language | ||
| شنس | shns | - |
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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 Chinese
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