Chahkar Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chahkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chahkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chahkar (Marathi: चहाकर) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahkar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Chahkar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Chahkar live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Chahkar is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 2,742,233. In Iran Chahkar is most numerous in: Fars Province, where 39 percent reside, Gilan Province, where 36 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran Chahkar occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahkar in the Marathi language | ||
| चहाकर | cahakara | - |
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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 Chahkar
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