Chahul Surname
Approximately 683 people bear this surname
Chahul Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 671 | 1:263,998 | 15,110 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Chahul (58) may also be a first name.
Chahul Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahul Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahul (Hindi: चाहुल, Marathi: चाहूल) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahul? popularity and diffusion
It is the 486,338th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,669,906 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chahul live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 58 people.
The last name Chahul is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 671 people, or 1 in 263,998. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 71 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 16 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahul Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahul in the Hindi language | ||
| चाहुल | cahula | - |
| Chahul in the Marathi language | ||
| चाहूल | cahula | 40 |
| चाहुल | cahula | 40 |
| चहुल | cahula | 20 |
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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 Chahul
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