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Chen
Family Name

陳,陈; Chén
Meaning after a region in Henan
Popularity Behind the Name 
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Chén (traditional Chinese: 陳; simplified Chinese: 陈; pinyin: Chén; Wade-Giles: Ch'en) is one of the most common Chinese family names. Henan ( is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic It ranks at the 5th most popular surname in Mainland China and the most popular surname in Singapore and Taiwan. Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction Singapore Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian (spelt Tan in Singapore and Malaysia), Hong Kong (spelt Chan in Hong Kong) and Macau. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Zhejiang ( is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. This article is about the People's Republic of China province Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. It is usually romanised as Chan in Cantonese, and sometimes as Chun. Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language In Min (including dialects of Chaozhou (Teochow), Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan. This article is about the People's Republic of China province Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. In Hakka and Toisan, the name is spelt and pronounced as Chin. Some other Romanisations include Zen and Ding.

In Vietnam, this surname is written in Quoc Ngu as Trần, and is the second most popular Vietnamese surname, accounting for 11% of the population,[1] after the surname Nguyễn (38. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Vietnamese alphabet has the following 29 letters in collating order Description The Vietnamese alphabet called Chữ Quốc Ngữ (ŋwjěʔn in Vietnamese approximated as /wɪn/ in English is the most common Vietnamese family name. 4%).

Chen is also a Hebrew name used by Israelis. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. It is pronounced khen, and means grace or favour.

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History

The initial surname Chen was from Gui (traditional Chinese: 媯; pinyin: Gūi), which was an ancient Chinese surname of descendants of Emperor Shun, who was one of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Shun ( was a legendary 23rd -22nd century BC leader of ancient China, among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, whose half-century of rule was one of The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ( were mythological rulers of China during the period from c When King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he gave the Land of Chen to the descendants to establish their own state. King Wu of Zhou ( or King Wu of Chou was the first sovereign or ruler of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty ( POJ: Chiu Tiau 1122 BC to 256 BC was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. To show his respect for Emperor Shun, the new state, which was also named by Chen, was one of the Three Guest States of Zhou (Chinese: 三恪; pinyin: Sān Kè), which meant this nation was not the subordinate, but the guest of Zhou. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use @@@ main@@@ - title Hierarchy@@@ keywords structure; sociology; information@@@ review@@@ - However, the Chen state was occupied by Chu after the 10th century BC. Chen (陳 was a minor state of the Spring and Autumn Period in Ancient China Chǔ ( 楚) was a kingdom in what is now central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period ( 722 - 481 BC) and Since then, the people of this state began to use Chen as their surname.

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