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
Chahkar (Marathi: चहाकर) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahkar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Chahkar is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Chahkar are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 70 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Chahkar is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 2,742,233. In Iran Chahkar is most numerous in: Fars Province, where 39 percent live, Gilan Province, where 36 percent live and Tehran Province, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
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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