Chanukya Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Chanukya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Chanukya (375) may also be a first name.
Chanukya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanukya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanukya (Hindi: चाण्उक्य, Marathi: चाणुक्य) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanukya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chanukya is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chanukya reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chanukya is also the 448,097th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 375 people.
The surname Chanukya is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 19,176,635. In India Chanukya is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 45 percent reside, Telangana, where 33 percent reside and Tripura, where 8 percent reside. Barring India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanukya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanukya in the Hindi language | ||
| चाण्उक्य | canukya | - |
| Chanukya in the Marathi language | ||
| चाणुक्य | canukya | - |
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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 Chanukya
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