Chandya Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Chandya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 158 | 1:4,854,844 | 122,998 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chandya (984) may also be a first name.
Chandya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chandya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chandya (Marathi: चांदया) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chandya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Chandya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Chandya are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chandya is also the 256,804th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 984 people.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 4,854,844. In India Chandya is most frequent in: Telangana, where 96 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Uganda, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chandya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chandya in the Marathi language | ||
| चांदया | candaya | 75.95 |
| चंदया | candaya | 12.66 |
| चंदल | candala | 1.27 |
| छत्य | chatya | 1.27 |
| चदया | cadaya | 1.27 |
| चादया | cadaya | 1.27 |
| चांदय | candaya | 1.27 |
| चांडया | candaya | 1.27 |
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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 Chandya
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