Gechen Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Gechen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gechen (23) may also be a first name.
Gechen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gechen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gechen (Oriya: େଗେଚନ, Tibetan: དགེ་ཆེན་) is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gechen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Gechen are found; 74 percent are found in East Asia and 74 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 1,019,337. In Taiwan Gechen is mostly concentrated in: New Taipei City, where 26 percent live, Tainan City, where 22 percent live and Kaohsiung City, where 13 percent live. Other than Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Colombia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gechen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gechen in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ཆེན་ | géchen | - |
| Gechen in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗେଚନ | egecana | - |
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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
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- 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 Gechen
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