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 last name Chahur (Hindi: छहूरा, Marathi: चाहुर) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Chahur click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahur? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 603,653rd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname Chahur occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Chahur are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 532,586th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 278 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 347 people, or 1 in 510,498. In Nigeria Chahur is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 88 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 9 percent are found and Ondo, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Chahur exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 26 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
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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