Chalavi Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Chalavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 145 | 1:529,535 | 30,787 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Chalavi (21) may also be a first name.
Chalavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalavi (Marathi: चळवी) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chalavi.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalavi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Chalavi is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Chalavi live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chalavi is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name Chalavi is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 529,535. In Iran Chalavi is most numerous in: Mazandaran Province, where 48 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 32 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Iran it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalavi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalavi in the Marathi language | ||
| चळवी | calavi | 50 |
| चलवी | calavi | 25 |
| चालवी | calavi | 16.67 |
| डीचलवी | dicalavi | 8.33 |
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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 Chalavi
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