Zhongyan Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Zhongyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zhongyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
China101:136,732,1577,199
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Zhongyan (89,484) may also be a first name.

Zhongyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhongyan is carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhongyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Zhongyan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Zhongyan live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Zhongyan is also the 11,249th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 89,484 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,803,442. In Taiwan Zhongyan is most frequent in: Penghu County, where 38 percent live, Hsinchu County, where 31 percent live and Tainan City, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 42 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhongyuan9457/
Zongyan934/
Zhangyan88236/
Zhengyan8894/
Zhongyin885/
Zhongyun884/
Zhuangyan8247/
Zhangyuan8244/
Zhengyuan8223/
Zhengyn801/
Zhuangyuan781/
Zhangyun7533/
Zhangyin7529/
Zhengyin7510/
Zhengyun759/
Zhuangyin719/
Zandyan6734/
Zondjan671/
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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 Zhongyan
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