Cheña

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Cheña is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Paraguay than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 26K
  • UYUruguay1 in 147K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Paraguay (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Sources
52 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Paraguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Chena in AR Argentina, PY Paraguay, ES Spain and 2 more.

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 Indonesian

, ard. (AO XIV 283), cf. magh. ken pucioasa" ; cf. Chenan, Radul (Sur II).

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cheña 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 Cheña is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PY Paraguay#260≈2,400 est.≈1 in 3K—Chena20
AR Argentina—1,7571 in 26K1.8KChena52
DZ Algeria—≈220 est.≈1 in 200Klisted——
ES Spain—1991 in 251K199Chena38
IN India—1401 in 9.5M140Chena6
UY Uruguay—231 in 147K23Chena2

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Cheña is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, India, Paraguay

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Chenae, Chena, Chenaé, Chenae', Chéna

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Cheña 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

Is Cheña a male or female name?
Cheña is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Cheña have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Cheña in Paraguay, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chena.
How common is the name Cheña?
In Argentina, the national register counted 1,757 people named Cheña, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
How common is Cheña compared with other names?
In Paraguay, Cheña is the 260th most common surname of 30,328 surnames 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, “Cheña” — the 260th most common surname in Paraguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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