Zhengyan Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Zhengyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhengyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan781:300,5742,443
China151:91,154,7714,767
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Zhengyan (78,048) may also be a first name.

Zhengyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zhengyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zhengyan has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zhengyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhengyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Zhengyan are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Zhengyan is also the 12,628th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 78,048 people.

The last name Zhengyan is most common in Taiwan, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 300,574. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: New Taipei City, where 23 percent are found, Kaohsiung City, where 19 percent are found and Tainan City, where 17 percent are found. Other than Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 16 percent are found and Singapore, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhengyuan9423/
Zhengyn931/
Zhangyan88236/
Zhongyan8824/
Zhengyin8810/
Zhengyun889/
Zhongyuan8257/
Zhuangyan8247/
Zhangyuan8244/
Zhuangyuan781/
Zhangyun7533/
Zhangyin7529/
Zhongyin755/
Zhongyun754/
Zhuangyin719/

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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 Zhengyan
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