Chahar Surname
Approximately 9,592 people bear this surname
Chahar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,908 | 1:111,040 | 7,248 |
| Iran | 1,374 | 1:55,882 | 6,124 |
| Afghanistan | 899 | 1:35,765 | 1,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Algeria | 62 | 1:623,090 | 39,491 |
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Chahar (768) may also be a first name.
Chahar Demographics
Average Chahar Salary in
United States
$38,304 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chahar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahar (Hindi: चाहर, Marathi: चहार, Oriya: ଚାହାର) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chahar.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,254th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 759,752 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Chahar are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chahar is also the 296,201st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 768 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 6,908 people, or 1 in 111,040. In India Chahar is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 60 percent reside, Rajasthan, where 10 percent reside and Haryana, where 9 percent reside. Other than India this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 9 percent reside.
Chahar Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chahar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 204.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,054 per year; in United States they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $38,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.43% more than the national average, earning $64,305 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahar in the Hindi language | ||
| चाहर | cahara | 96.3 |
| चहार | cahara | 2.49 |
| चाहार | cahara | 0.8 |
| चहर | cahara | 0.35 |
| चादर | cadara | 0.03 |
| Chahar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାହାର | cahara | 92 |
| ଚାହର | cahara | 2.67 |
| ଚହର | cahara | 2.67 |
| Chahar in the Marathi language | ||
| चहार | cahara | 38.64 |
| चाहर | cahara | 34.09 |
| चहर | cahara | 11.36 |
| चाचर | cacara | 7.58 |
| चाहार | cahara | 3.03 |
| कहार | kahara | 1.52 |
| चहारे | cahare | 1.52 |
| चहराम | caharama | 0.76 |
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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
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- 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 Chahar
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