Chahur Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Chahur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 347 | 1:510,498 | 25,333 |
| Ukraine | 135 | 1:337,205 | 42,145 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Chahur (278) may also be a first name.
Chahur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahur (Hindi: छहूरा, Marathi: चाहुर) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahur? popularity and diffusion
Chahur is the 603,653rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Chahur reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 532,586th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 278 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 510,498. In Nigeria Chahur is most frequent in: Benue, where 88 percent live, Nasarawa, where 9 percent live and Ondo, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 26 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahur in the Hindi language | ||
| छहूरा | chahura | - |
| Chahur in the Marathi language | ||
| चाहुर | cahura | 54.9 |
| चाहूर | cahura | 45.1 |
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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 Chahur
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