Chanayan Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Chanayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chanayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanayan (Marathi: चनायन) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chanayan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
It is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 7,678,252. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 60 percent are found, Golestan Province, where 10 percent are found and Hamadan Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Iran this surname exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanayan in the Marathi language | ||
| चनायन | canayana | 66.67 |
| चानायन | canayana | 33.33 |
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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 Chanayan
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