Chandrasehar Surname

215,176th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,910 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Chandrasehar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Chandrasehar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,9051:402,65921,292
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Chandrasehar (19,628) may also be a first name.

Chandrasehar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chandrasehar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chandrasehar occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chandrasehar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chandrasehar is the 215,176th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,815,469 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chandrasehar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chandrasehar is also the 38,364th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 19,628 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1,905 people, or 1 in 402,659. In India Chandrasehar is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 51 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 48 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chandrashehar967/
Chandraseharr964/
Schandrasehar962/
Chandrasehgar961/
Cchandrasehar961/
Chandrasehara961/
Chandraseher921/
Chandrasuyar832/

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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 Chandrasehar
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