Nichen Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nichen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 35 | 1:669,850 | 4,860 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Nichen (554) may also be a first name.
Nichen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nichen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nichen (Russian: Ничен) is most common in Taiwan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nichen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Nichen are found; 83 percent are found in East Asia and 83 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 357,521st most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 554 people.
The surname Nichen is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 669,850. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 17 percent are found, Taichung City, where 14 percent are found and Taoyuan City, where 14 percent are found. Barring Taiwan this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Ireland, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nichen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nichen in the Russian language | ||
| Ничен | nicen | - |
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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 Nichen
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