Chanahan Surname
Approximately 2,226 people bear this surname
Chanahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2,225 | 1:31,748 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Chanahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chanahan is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanahan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 189,722nd most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,273,830 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chanahan live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Tai-Asia.
The surname Chanahan is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 2,225 people, or 1 in 31,748. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Chaiyaphum Province, where 56 percent live, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 9 percent live and Buriram Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Thailand it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Chanahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chanahan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chanahan surname contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Chanahan
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