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Also known as , Shum, Sung, Sum, Sam, Sim, Shim, Sheem

Shěn is the Mandarin Hanyu pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname .

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  • Romanisation
  • Distribution
  • Family Clans
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  • Modern people with the surname
  • China {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}}
  • Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia & Singapore
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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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