Chakankar Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Chakankar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 625 | 1:1,227,305 | 48,983 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chakankar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakankar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chakankar (Marathi: चाकणकर) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakankar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 513,430th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The surname Chakankar is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Chakankar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Chakankar is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 625 people, or 1 in 1,227,305. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent are found, Telangana, where 1 percent are found and Delhi, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhakankar | 89 | 5 | / |
| Shakankar | 89 | 3 | / |
| Khakankar | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chakankour | 84 | 1 | / |
| Zakankar | 82 | 18 | / |
| Hacankar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jakankar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chaikhamkar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hatkamkar | 78 | 190 | / |
| Sakhankar | 78 | 93 | / |
| Zaakankar | 78 | 5 | / |
| Caycankar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Hatkhamkar | 74 | 32 | / |
| Sakamkar | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sokankar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jacankar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cokonkar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hathkhamkar | 70 | 1 | / |
| Hadconkar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hadkonkor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakankhotr | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sakhankort | 63 | 1 | / |
Chakankar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakankar in the Marathi language | ||
| चाकणकर | cakanakara | 98.61 |
| चाकणकराने | cakanakarane | 0.46 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.46 |
| वाकणकर | vakanakara | 0.23 |
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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 Chakankar
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