Linwen Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Linwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 103 | 1:227,619 | 1,927 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Linwen (16,532) may also be a first name.
Linwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Linwen is found most frequently in Taiwan. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Linwen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Linwen is the 1,612,213th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Linwen reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 43,391st most frequently held forename internationally, held by 16,532 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 227,619. In Taiwan Linwen is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 21 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 10 percent reside and Taichung City, where 10 percent reside. Beside Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Linwen
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