Dongchen Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Dongchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 139 | 1:168,667 | 1,475 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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།) is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dongchen.
How Common Is The Last Name Dongchen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 28,788 people.
The last name is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 168,667. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: Kaohsiung City, where 35 percent live, Tainan City, where 13 percent live and Taichung City, where 10 percent live. Apart from Taiwan it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 3 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dongcheng | 94 | 17 | / |
| Doungchen | 94 | 4 | / |
| Dongcheen | 94 | 1 | / |
| Donchen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dongcen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dongceng | 88 | 6 | / |
| Dongshen | 88 | 2 | / |
| Doncen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Doungchin | 82 | 2 | / |
| Dangcheen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Donchin | 80 | 139 | / |
| Dongsen | 80 | 29 | / |
| Danchen | 80 | 18 | / |
| Donggen | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dongken | 80 | 1 | / |
| Doungsen | 75 | 32 | / |
| Doonchin | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dungchin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dongcing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dongjeen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dongkeun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Donckeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Donken | 71 | 153 | / |
| Dancen | 71 | 12 | / |
| Doungchim | 71 | 5 | / |
| Doungseng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dogjen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Doncin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Doungsaen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Doungjeen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Danggen | 67 | 620 | / |
| Danchin | 67 | 560 | / |
| Dangsen | 67 | 61 | / |
| Dangken | 67 | 55 | / |
| Dungjen | 67 | 46 | / |
| Dongjin | 67 | 30 | / |
| Dongxin | 67 | 21 | / |
| Dongkem | 67 | 16 | / |
| Dongqun | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dongkin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dohnken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dongqin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dongsin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Donkaen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Donkgne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Duonghuynh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dancken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daungchina | 67 | 1 | / |
Dongchen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage 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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