Fanchen Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Fanchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fanchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1711:137,1041,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Fanchen (4,168) may also be a first name.

Fanchen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fanchen is found most in Taiwan. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanchen? popularity and diffusion

Fanchen is the 1,310,135th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Fanchen is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Fanchen live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 107,551st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,168 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 137,104. In Taiwan Fanchen is primarily concentrated in: Hsinchu County, where 15 percent live, Taoyuan City, where 14 percent live and Kaohsiung City, where 13 percent live. Aside from Taiwan this last name exists in one country. It is also found in China, where 1 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 Fanchen
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