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
The surname Wenchen is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wenchen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenchen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenchen is the 1,558,593rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name Wenchen is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wenchen live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Wenchen is also the 26,023rd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 32,780 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 184,604. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: Kaohsiung City, where 18 percent are found, Pingtung County, where 16 percent are found and Taichung City, where 15 percent are found. Barring Taiwan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 2 percent are found and Singapore, where 1 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 Wenchen
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