Chinwen Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Chinwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chinwen (83) may also be a first name.
Chinwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinwen is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinwen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chinwen are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 83 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 41 percent reside, West Region, where 31 percent reside and Centre Region, where 23 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinwene | 93 | 3 | / |
| Chienwen | 93 | 2 | / |
| Chenwen | 86 | 179 | / |
| Chinwem | 86 | 5 | / |
| Chunwen | 86 | 4 | / |
| Chinwin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hsinwen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chinwne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chenweng | 80 | 372 | / |
| Tchinwem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hsienwen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Xinwen | 77 | 16 | / |
| Kinwen | 77 | 11 | / |
| Qinwen | 77 | 8 | / |
| Chhnwn | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sinwen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chinnueng | 75 | 67 | / |
| Chinnwinn | 75 | 9 | / |
| Choinueng | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chuinueng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cnwn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shinwin | 71 | 25 | / |
| Chemwen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chinbin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kinweng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khinwin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jinween | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qinweng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khnwn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schinbin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemween | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zienwien | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Chinwen
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