Chantur Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Israel

Chantur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chantur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Chantúr (5) are calculated separately.

Chantur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chantur (Hindi: चन्तुर, Marathi: चंतूर) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Chantúr. Click here for further potential spellings of Chantur.

How Common Is The Last Name Chantur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Chantur are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 86 percent live and Bihar, where 14 percent live. Beside India Chantur occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chantúr955/
Chanteur93739/
Cantur9284/
Hantur927/
Chhanture881/
Hantour861,165/
Zhantur8680/
Shantur8679/
Chantor8612/
Khantur866/
Cantour862/
Hanthur861/
Hanture861/
Canthur860/
Chanturova826/
Shantour80175/
Schantor8027/
Chenteur802/
Khantour802/
Khanteur801/
Cantor7733,674/
Santur775,577/
Zantur77299/
Jantur7776/
Contur7770/
Hantor7717/
Šantur771/
Hontur771/
Khanthour751/
Shanhtour751/
Santuur71393/
Santure71368/
Shanturova71342/
Contour71298/
Janthur71184/
Shantor71127/
Siantur7190/
Conteur7148/
Zantour7132/
Santour717/
Santhur716/
Ciantor713/
Hamtour711/
Chantúrová711/
Hanntor710/
Jeanteur67134/
Saintour674/
Satentur674/
Ceinture673/
Shamtour672/
Ceinteur671/
Countour671/
Santoure671/
Khantoor671/
Heintour670/

Chantur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chantur in the Hindi language
चन्तुरcantura-
Chantur in the Marathi language
चंतूरcantura50
चंतुरcantura43.75
चांतुरcantura6.25

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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 Chantur
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