Chanvar Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Chanvar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chanvar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran151:5,118,835123,814
India101:76,706,538639,611
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Chanvar (85) may also be a first name.

Chanvar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chanvar (Hindi: चंवर, Marathi: चांवर) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chanvar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Chanvar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Chanvar reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 85 people.

The surname Chanvar is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,118,835. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 100 percent live. Apart from Iran this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chanvar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chanvar in the Hindi language
चंवरcanvara94.23
चँवरcamvara3.85
चन्वरcanvara1.92
Chanvar in the Marathi language
चांवरcanvara76.92
चन्वरcanvara7.69

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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 Chanvar
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