Chakani Surname
Approximately 1,363 people bear this surname
Chakani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,211 | 1:63,404 | 6,758 |
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chakani (121) may also be a first name.
Chakani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chakani (Hindi: चकनी, Marathi: चकनी, Oriya: ଚକନୀ) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 282,766th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,346,695 people. The last name Chakani occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Chakani live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chakani is also the 848,089th most common first name on earth, borne by 121 people.
The last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 1,211 people, or 1 in 63,404. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 33 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 21 percent reside and Gilan Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Iran this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakani in the Hindi language | ||
| चकनी | cakani | 66.67 |
| चकानी | cakani | 33.33 |
| Chakani in the Marathi language | ||
| चकनी | cakani | 50 |
| चकणी | cakani | 50 |
| Chakani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚକନୀ | cakani | 42.86 |
| ଚକନି | cakani | 42.86 |
| ଚକଣି | cakani | 14.29 |
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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 Chakani
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