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 surname Chinese (Arabic: شنس) is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 667,223rd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. The last name Chinese is primarily found in Asia, where 52 percent of Chinese live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chinese is also the 115,066th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 3,743 people.
This surname is most frequent in Italy, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 307,320. In Italy it is mostly found in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 71 percent are found, Sicily, where 13 percent are found and Campania, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Italy this last name occurs 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis