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 found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinese? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 667,223rd most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 3,743 people.
This surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 307,320. In Italy it is primarily found in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 71 percent reside, Sicily, where 13 percent reside and Campania, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Italy this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 34 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 16 percent reside.
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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