Dongchen Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Dongchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dongchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1391:168,6671,475
China41:341,830,39216,990
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dongchen (28,788) may also be a first name.

Dongchen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dongchen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dongchen (Tibetan: སྡོང་ཆེན།) occurs in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dongchen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,465,390th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dongchen are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Dongchen is also the 28,802nd most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 28,788 people.

The surname Dongchen is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 168,667. In Taiwan Dongchen is mostly found in: Kaohsiung City, where 35 percent reside, Tainan City, where 13 percent reside and Taichung City, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Taiwan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 3 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dongchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dongchen in the Tibetan language
སྡོང་ཆེན།dongchen-

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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 Dongchen
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