Zhēn

surname · Latin script

Zhēn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 82K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 76K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 171K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,065 people, 2020

Sources
238 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zhen in US United States, SG Singapore, NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Korean

以 地 名 为 氏 , 见 《五 方 元 音 》(444) 。 同 前 氏 ， 见 《 直 音 篇 》(86) 。 rap kudi

Sources 3

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zhēn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zhēn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4,0651 in 82K5.2KZhen238
ES Spain—1361 in 368K136—12
SE Sweden—1341 in 76K134—6
NL Netherlands—1011 in 171K53Zhen11
BR Brazil—791 in 2.7M79—2
DK Denmark—241 in 245K15——
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——
SG Singapore#713———Zhen75

4,065 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zhēn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Zhen, Zheñ

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, China, United States, Malaysia

    Also written Zhen

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Lady Zhen, b. 183Zhen Dexiu, b. 1178Peng Zhen, b. 1902Martin Yan, b. 1948Chen Chen, b. 1948Jenny Tseng, b. 1953Donnie Yen, b. 1963Chris Yen, b. 1974Carrisa Yan, b. 1980Naisi Chen, b. 1994
  • Lady Zhenb. 183CNfirst wife of Cao Pi, first ruler of Cao Wei (183-221)
  • Zhen Dexiub. 1178CNSong dynasty person (CBDB = 10258)
  • Peng Zhenb. 1902CNChinese politician (1902-1997)
  • Martin Yanb. 1948USnot in their usual nameChinese American chef, cooking television show host, and food writer
  • Chen Chenb. 1948TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress
  • Jenny Tsengb. 1953TWnot in their usual nameHong Kong and Taiwan female singer
  • Donnie Yenb. 1963CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor, film director and martial artist (born 1963)
  • Chris Yenb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Carrisa Yanb. 1980CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
  • Naisi Chenb. 1994NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand Labour Party politician elected in 2020

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Zhēn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Zhēn have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.1 thousand people named Zhēn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zhen.
Where is Zhēn most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zhēn is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 76 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zhēn?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,065 people named Zhēn in 2020, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.
How common is Zhēn compared with other names?
In Singapore, Zhēn is the 713th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zhēn” — the 713th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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