Wenchen Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Wenchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 127 | 1:184,604 | 1,614 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wenchen (32,780) may also be a first name.
Wenchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenchen is found in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenchen? popularity and diffusion
Wenchen is the 1,558,593rd most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname Wenchen is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wenchen reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 26,023rd most common given name worldwide It is held by 32,780 people.
The last name Wenchen is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 184,604. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 18 percent reside, Pingtung County, where 16 percent reside and Taichung City, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Taiwan Wenchen occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 2 percent reside and Singapore, where 1 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 Wenchen
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