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 Male Chahar Height
177.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Chahar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chahar (Hindi: चाहर, Marathi: चहार, Oriya: ଚାହାର) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chahar is the 53,254th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 759,752 people. The last name Chahar is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Chahar reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 296,201st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 768 people.
This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 6,908 people, or 1 in 111,040. In India it is most numerous in: Uttar Pradesh, where 60 percent reside, Rajasthan, where 10 percent reside and Haryana, where 9 percent reside. Aside from India this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also common 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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