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
Chinwen is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chinwen.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinwen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Chinwen is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chinwen reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 83 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon Chinwen is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 41 percent live, West Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 23 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Chinwen
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