Chahni Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Chahni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Chahni (24) may also be a first name.
Chahni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahni (Hindi: चाहनी, Oriya: ଚହନ୍ି) is found most frequently in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chahni.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Chahni live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name at a global level It is held by 24 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 100 percent reside. Not including India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and Algeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahni in the Hindi language | ||
| चाहनी | cahani | - |
| Chahni in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚହନ୍ି | cahani | 66.67 |
| ଚହନ୍ୀ | cahani | 33.33 |
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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 Chahni
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