Shen meaning | Last name Shen origin

Following is the meaning of Shen surname. Family name Shen is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Shen
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shen

Shen is used as a family name or surname in China languages. Shen has 4 characters long in length.

Shen is common in China country(ies).

Shen is ranked 32 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shens grew by 45.36911 per cent to 12839 since 2000 and ranked 2806 after elevating 884 spots. The last name was found in around 44 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 93.77 93.27
White 3.49 4.36
Others 1.7 1.54
Hispanic or Latino 0.65 0.44
Black 0.32 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.07 0

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Shen

How popular is Shen?

Shen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 10174662 people have been found who wears Shen as their family name. Shen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
7,070 Guyana8
5,340 Iceland6
20,790 Nigeria6
9,053 Senegal5
10,202 Egypt5
1,667 Cambodia4
1,372 Nepal4
3,625 Macedonia3
6,706 Lebanon3
23,165 Romania3
15,956 Venezuela3
17,547 Colombia2
89,020 Tanzania2
14,408 Uruguay2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,151 Brunei2
17,692 Armenia2
6,977 Tajikistan2
2,168 Suriname2
6,900 Oman2
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Immigrants to US

Ellen Shen worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 13 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ashburton and arrived on March 12, 1850. Thomas Shen, aged 18, are other Shen that migrated to US.

Celebrities having Shen surname

Aarti Shenoy Musical Artist
Bela Shende Playback Singer
Lee Sheng-mu Player
Aimee Shen Professor
Aimee Shen Professor
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Patriarch of Alexandria
Samiullah Shenwari Cricketer
Ariadna Shengelaya Actress
Sun Shengnan Tennis Player
Chithra Shenoy Actress
  • In 2018, Qi Shen portrayed the role of Li Mo Xun in action film The Final Blade.
  • In 2018, Teng Shen characterized the role of Wang Duo Yu in comedy film Xi hong shi shou fu.
  • In 2014 adventure and animation movie, Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn, Dawei Shen played Lambert.
  • Kai Shen, from 2015 comedy movie Wo shi lu ren jia, who portrayed the N.
  • Jiani Shen, from 2007 drama flick Xi gan dao, who played N.
  • Bingxue Shen characterized main character of N in 1927 0 movie Jianxia Qizhongqi (part 2).
  • Zhiming Shen, from 2011 comedy and drama movie Hei oi yeh pou, who portrayed Steven.
  • In 1945 drama, romance flick, Hong lou meng, Hao Shen characterized Grandma Jia.
  • Miki Shen played vital role of Mandy in 2009 comedy movie Ga yau hei si 2009.
  • Chih-Lan Shen portrayed the significant character of Lily in 1971 comedy and musical movie Ai qing da pai mai.
  • In 1980 drama film, Xin suan suan, Yan Shen played N.
  • In 1984, Huifen Shen characterized the role of Li Cuizhu in war flick Bashan er nu.

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