Chen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chen family

Profession Census Frequency
Hatter 2
Card Maker Apprentice 1
Independent 1
Stone Delver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chen

Name Census Frequency
William Chen 6
Edith Chen 5
Elizabeth Chen 5
George Chen 5
James Chen 5
John Chen 5
Annie Chen 4
Ellen Chen 4
Mary Chen 4
Samuel Chen 4
Sarah Chen 4
Jane Chen 3
Joseph Chen 3
Thomas Chen 3
Alice Chen 2
Ann Chen 2
Constance Chen 2
Edward Chen 2
Ernest Chen 2
Francis Chen 2
Gertrude Chen 2
Harriet Chen 2
Julia Chen 2
Maud Chen 2
Richard Chen 2

Chen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cohen 80% 43,662
2 Cohn 50% 843
3 Cohan 60% 751
4 Chin 75% 615
5 Chine 60% 512
6 China 60% 477
7 Cheen 80% 333
8 Cohin 60% 331
9 Chun 75% 253
10 Chune 60% 241
11 Chain 60% 215
12 Chane 60% 205
13 Chan 75% 148
14 Chen 100% 131
15 Cohoon 50% 100

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The surname Chen is the 14th most popular variant of Cohen.

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