Chiwen Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Chiwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chiwen (19,062) may also be a first name.
Chiwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwen is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Chiwen are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chiwen is also the 39,188th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19,062 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live, West Region, where 42 percent live and Littoral Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Chiwen occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
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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 Chiwen
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