Shchen Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Shchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
Shchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shchen is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shchen? popularity and diffusion
Shchen is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Shchen occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Shchen are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 6,551,048. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Ulyanovsk Oblast, where 45 percent are found, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Moscow, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Russia it is found in one country. It is also found in Ukraine, where 37 percent are found.
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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 Shchen
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