Chalva Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Chalva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chalva (41) may also be a first name.
Chalva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalva (Hindi: चालवा, Marathi: चलवा) is most common in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Chalva live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chalva is also the 1,590,275th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name Chalva is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 69 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 10 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 8 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 14 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalva in the Marathi language | ||
| चलवा | calava | - |
| Chalva in the Hindi language | ||
| चालवा | calava | 66.67 |
| चल्वा | calva | 16.67 |
| चलवा | calava | 16.67 |
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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 Chalva
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