Channai Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Channai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 461 | 1:153,229 | 24,326 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
Channai (330) may also be a first name.
Channai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Channai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Channai (Hindi: चन्नई) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Channai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 639,219th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. Channai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Channai reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 482,193rd most widespread first name in the world, held by 330 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is held by 461 people, or 1 in 153,229. In Thailand it is most common in: Chaiyaphum Province, where 41 percent live, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 30 percent live and Suphan Buri Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Thailand this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Channai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Channai in the Hindi language | ||
| चन्नई | canna'i | 50 |
| चन्णाई | canna'i | 50 |
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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 Channai
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