Linchen Surname

70,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Linchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Linchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan6,9661:3,366114
China201:68,366,0783,721
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Linchen (5,299) may also be a first name.

Linchen Last Name Facts

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

Linchen is most common in Taiwan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Linchen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 70,605th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,040,929 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Linchen are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 92,774th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,299 people.

The surname Linchen is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 6,966 people, or 1 in 3,366. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taichung City, where 18 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 16 percent reside and Tainan City, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in China, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Linchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Linchen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Linchen surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Linchen
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