Chahen Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Chahen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chahen (63) may also be a first name.
Chahen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chahen (Bengali: চহেন, Hindi: चहेान) is most common in France. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Chahen live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 63 people.
It is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,290,439. In France Chahen is mostly found in: Brittany, where 62 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 31 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 3 percent live. Other than France it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 16 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahen in the Bengali language | ||
| চহেন | cahena | - |
| Chahen in the Hindi language | ||
| चहेान | caheana | - |
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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 Chahen
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