Chamal Surname
Approximately 1,280 people bear this surname
Chamal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Chile | 54 | 1:326,231 | 9,231 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Afghanistan | 39 | 1:824,441 | 8,487 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Chamal (10,320) may also be a first name.
Chamal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamal (Bengali: চামল, Georgian: ჩამალ, Hindi: चमल, Marathi: चमाळ, Oriya: ଚମଲ) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chamal is the 297,671st most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,693,395 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Chamal live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chamal is also the 59,990th most widespread given name at a global level, held by 10,320 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 16 percent reside and Chile, where 4 percent reside.
Chamal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chamal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chamal surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamal in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩამალ | chamal | - |
| Chamal in the Hindi language | ||
| चमल | camala | 86.84 |
| छमला | chamala | 7.89 |
| चमाल | camala | 2.63 |
| छमाल | chamala | 2.63 |
| Chamal in the Marathi language | ||
| चमाळ | camala | 66.67 |
| चामल | camala | 14.81 |
| चमल | camala | 14.81 |
| चमळ | camala | 3.7 |
| Chamal in the Bengali language | ||
| চামল | camala | 50 |
| চমল | camala | 16.67 |
| সামাল | samala | 16.67 |
| চামাল | camala | 16.67 |
| Chamal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚମଲ | camala | 42.86 |
| ଚାମଲ | camala | 28.57 |
| ଚମାଳ | camala | 14.29 |
| ଚମଳ | camala | 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 Chamal
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