Shen
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Shěn is the Mandarin Hanyu pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname .
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Romanisation
- Distribution
- Family Clans
- Origins
- Branches
- Historical figures
- Modern people with the surname
- China {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}}
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia & Singapore
- References
Shěn is the Mandarin Hanyu pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname .
Shen is the 14th surname in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames also colloquially known as the "common Chinese person" in text & sentences. Ranking 沈 as 14th during the Song dynasty was given by prominence of the family and not the numerical count of members of the family at that time.
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