Karchen Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Karchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France71:9,488,960336,266
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Karchen (24) may also be a first name.

Karchen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karchen (Tibetan: དཀར་ཆེན་) is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Karchen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karchen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Karchen live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Karchen is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 24 people.

Karchen is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France Karchen is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 100 percent reside. Apart from France this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Karchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Karchen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karchen surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karchen in the Tibetan language
དཀར་ཆེན་karchen-

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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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  • 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 Karchen
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