Chahana Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Chahana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chahana (623) may also be a first name.
Chahana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chahana (Hindi: चाहना, Marathi: चाहना, Oriya: ଚହନା) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Chahana occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Chahana are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 333,939th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 623 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Chahana is primarily concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 32 percent reside, Telangana, where 26 percent reside and Delhi, where 16 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 5 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahana in the Marathi language | ||
| चाहना | cahana | - |
| Chahana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚହନା | cahana | 98.15 |
| ଚହଣା | cahana | 1.85 |
| Chahana in the Hindi language | ||
| चाहना | cahana | 86.47 |
| चहाना | cahana | 7.14 |
| चाहाना | cahana | 3.76 |
| चहना | cahana | 2.26 |
| चॉहाना | cohana | 0.38 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chahana
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