Chalish Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Chalish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 208 | 1:369,147 | 24,286 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chalish (53) may also be a first name.
Chalish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalish Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chalish (Marathi: चाळीश, Russian: Чалиш) is most common in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalish? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,070,546th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Chalish is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Chalish live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most common given name in the world, held by 53 people.
Chalish is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 369,147. In Iran Chalish is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 34 percent reside, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 25 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 18 percent reside. Beside Iran this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalish in the Marathi language | ||
| चाळीश | calisa | - |
| Chalish in the Russian language | ||
| Чалиш | calis | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Chalish
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