Chien is used as a family name or surname in Taiwan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chien
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Taiwan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Chien

How popular is Chien?

Chien is common in Taiwan.

Chien is ranked 1225 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chiens grew by 15.96172 per cent to 3756 since 2000 and ranked 8732 after elevating 525 spots. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.99 93.49
White 3.78 3.27
Others 2.8 2.25
Hispanic or Latino 1.09 0.46
Black 0.35 0.37
Chien is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Taiwan is ahead in terms of density. Around 433198 people have been found who wears Chien as their family name. Chien is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
1,031 South Korea8
1,334 Marshall Islands5
26,325 Mauritania5
381,097 Ukraine4
32,086 Mexico3
89,020 Tanzania2
175 Åland2
1,333 Guam2
18,035 Egypt2
44,018 Poland2
3,993 El Salvador1
4,249 Cambodia1
3,586 Honduras1
28,746 Algeria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
3,071 Jersey1
47,891 Norway1
5,916 Mozambique1
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,790 Zambia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,572 Macau1
42,479 Greece1
10,958 Bangladesh1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,589 Sudan1
9,116 Nicaragua1
37,493 Austria1
1,819 Laos1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
12,692 Scotland33
58,436 Spain30
2,974 Japan24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
377,825 Russia17
4,076 Costa Rica14
113,815 Kazakhstan14
514,808 India14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
78,184 Italy67
11,769 New Zealand54
1,993 Thailand52
Countries with hundreds of Chien:
5,936 Canada727
21,418 Philippines644
822 Singapore568
25,757 Brazil477
7,513 Australia382
28,238 Germany370
17,388 England317
19,321 South Africa310
32,528 France306
42,627 Indonesia226
Countries with thousands of Chien:
7,045 United States5,430
865 Malaysia3,971
350 Hong Kong1,068
Countries with ten thousands of Chien:
102 Vietnam89,030
Countries with hundred thousands of Chien:
275 China187,930
34 Taiwan140,862
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Chien Namesakes

  • Allis Soe-Lang Chien, Author
  • Arys Chien, Musical Artist
  • Chen Chien-chou, TV actor
  • Chen Chien-chou, Actor
  • Chang Chien-ming, Baseball Player
  • Frederick Chien, Foreign minister
  • Yang Chien-fu, Baseball player
  • Chong Chieng Jen, Lawyer
  • Linda Chien, Presenter
  • Jolin Chien, Singer
  • Kuo-Chung Chien played key character of N in 1959 comedy flick Tong jun jiao lian.
  • In 2018 drama flick, The Story of the Stone, J.R. Chien characterized N.
  • In 2017, Kelly Chien played the role of Yuan Xiao-Hui in romance flick Falling in Love.
  • Yung-sheng Chien, from 1978 drama movie Zai jian Zhongguo, who played N.
  • Yin Chien portrayed the small character of N in 1972 action film Nu du bei dao.
  • Lung Chien, from 1991 action and drama movie Mao bian, who played the N.

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