Kien Surname
Approximately 23,015 people bear this surname
Kien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 14,332 | 1:6,464 | 221 |
| Cambodia | 3,546 | 1:4,367 | 663 |
| Ivory Coast | 968 | 1:23,834 | 1,713 |
| Cameroon | 944 | 1:22,001 | 3,012 |
| United States | 586 | 1:618,531 | 50,040 |
| France | 529 | 1:125,563 | 19,108 |
| Malaysia | 454 | 1:64,965 | 4,800 |
| Austria | 360 | 1:23,654 | 3,707 |
| Germany | 349 | 1:230,675 | 25,635 |
| Indonesia | 313 | 1:422,521 | 35,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| Netherlands | 93 | 1:181,583 | 25,939 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| Brunei | 50 | 1:8,375 | 1,042 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
The alternate forms: Kiên (2), Kień (1) & Kíen (1) are calculated separately.
Kien (249,146) may also be a first name.
Kien Demographics
Average Kien Salary in
United States
$45,029 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kien (Oriya: କିଏଁ, Russian: Киен) occurs in Vietnam more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Kiên, Kień or Kíen. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kien? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,538th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 316,643 people. The last name Kien occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Kien live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 4,226th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 249,146 people.
The last name is most frequent in Vietnam, where it is carried by 14,332 people, or 1 in 6,464. In Vietnam it is most frequent in: Mekong River Delta, where 30 percent live, Southeast, where 22 percent live and Red River Delta, where 20 percent live. Other than Vietnam Kien exists in 55 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 15 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Kien Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kien has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kien last name increased 930 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kien Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kien are 3.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kien earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.18% more than the national average, earning R 380,652 per year; in Vietnam they earn 9.45% less than the national average, earning 74,650,900 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $45,029 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.77% less than the national average, earning $39,860 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kien Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kien in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଏଁ | ki'em | - |
| Kien in the Russian language | ||
| Киен | kien | - |
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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 Kien
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