Kanchen Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kanchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1081:654,059109,897
Poland431:883,92467,072
India61:127,844,230863,365
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kanchen (158) may also be a first name.

Kanchen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanchen (Hindi: कंचेन, Marathi: कांचेन, Tibetan: ཀཱན་ཅན་) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanchen.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanchen? popularity and diffusion

Kanchen is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. Kanchen occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Kanchen reside; 65 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Kanchen is also the 730,165th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 158 people.

Kanchen is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 654,059. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Nakhon Nayok Province, where 56 percent are found, Bangkok, where 28 percent are found and Chiang Mai Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Thailand this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 24 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanchen in the Tibetan language
ཀཱན་ཅན་kenchen-
Kanchen in the Marathi language
कांचेनkancena85.71
कांचनkancana14.29
Kanchen in the Hindi language
कंचेनkancena33.33
कंचनkancana33.33
कंंचनkamncana33.33

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kanchen
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