Wen is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wen
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wen

How popular is Wen?

Wen is common in China.

Wen is ranked 104 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wens grew by 60.60191 per cent to 5870 since 2000 and ranked 5878 after elevating 2453 spots. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.04 92.56
White 2.56 4.38
Others 1.33 1.97
Hispanic or Latino 0.56 0
Wen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 4594178 people have been found who wears Wen as their family name. Wen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
614 Myanmar5
26,325 Mauritania5
114,007 Czech Republic4
35,184 Poland3
14,126 Colombia3
1,141 Mongolia3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
4,085 Bolivia3
761 Brunei3
24,269 Peru2
12,161 Wales2
2,617 Cambodia2
4,302 Benin2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
631 Swaziland2
2,705 Togo2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
17,692 Armenia2
40,064 Nigeria2
3,940 Ethiopia2
12,844 Pakistan2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
14,521 Portugal2
5,872 Namibia1
5,916 Mozambique1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
340 Comoros1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,040 Mali1
537 Liechtenstein1
2,935 Madagascar1
123,175 Tanzania1
28,746 Algeria1
6,820 Angola1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,958 Bangladesh1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
6,967 Macedonia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
28,365 Kenya1
38,830 Morocco1
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,371 Syria1
2,715 Gabon1
7,941 Guatemala1
49,529 Israel1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,057 Isle of Man1
15,705 Cameroon1
11,510 Oman1
19,810 Croatia1
7,790 Zambia1
20,172 Hungary1
10,683 Cyprus1
14,373 Jordan1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
13,447 Uganda1
29,595 Iran1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,711 Japan48
89,397 Ukraine48
2,494 Thailand44
587 Guam32
2,975 Costa Rica23
46,018 Belarus22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
534 South Korea16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
22,440 Belgium74
5,083 Ireland66
9,137 Denmark64
216,554 India62
4,367 Qatar58
14,717 Chile54
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Wen:
15,719 Brazil843
11,329 Mexico393
202 Macau376
17,266 Argentina314
11,758 Spain304
20,379 South Africa292
5,183 Tunisia264
34,473 Italy258
12,079 Netherlands235
3,324 New Zealand230
5,231 Sweden181
4,584 Finland169
78,913 Russia159
8,140 Austria157
9,538 Venezuela151
2,265 Panama147
8,235 Switzerland144
31,070 Turkey140
4,630 Scotland125
Countries with thousands of Wen:
5,580 United States7,054
181 Singapore3,241
824 Vietnam2,981
195 Hong Kong2,788
4,023 Germany2,219
2,593 Canada1,894
8,759 Philippines1,676
6,161 France1,396
2,355 Australia1,316
5,588 England1,285
11,237 Indonesia1,111
Countries with ten thousands of Wen:
48 Taiwan71,329
320 Malaysia12,622
Countries with millions of Wen:
66 China4,477,501
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Wen Namesakes

  • Jenny Wen, Actress
  • Jonas Wenström, Engineer
  • Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Composer
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Physician
  • Li Wenjun, Translator
  • Heinrich Wenck, Architect
  • Heinrich Wendland, Botanist
  • Adelheid Wendt, Wilhelm Furtwängler's mother
  • Xiao Wen Ju, Model
  • Charles Wennergren, Tennis Player
  • In 2014, Zhuo Wen portrayed the role of Yu Zhi in comedy film Hou bei kong jie.
  • In 2016, Han Wen characterized the role of Fei in adventure and drama film O Ornitólogo.
  • Swan Wen played leading character of Zhou Xiaoling in 2016 action, drama film Ge dou jiao wa.
  • Mo Qi Wen, from 2012 comedy and drama film Yi lu xiang xi, who characterized Zoey.
  • In 1991 thriller flick, Nu zi jian yu yi jiu jiu yi, Nan-Si Wen portrayed N.
  • In 2012 drama film, Wo hai you hua yao shou, Kate Wen characterized N.
  • Shuai Wen, from 2011 drama flick Farewell Loneliness, who portrayed N.
  • In 1970, Hsin Wen portrayed the role of N in adventure movie Fei hu.

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