Chaouan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chaouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Chaouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaouan (Hindi: चौहान) occurs most in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chaouan.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaouan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chaouan is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Chaouan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Chaouan reside; 75 percent reside in North Africa and 75 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Chaouan is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,315,776. Excluding Algeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Tunisia, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaouan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaouan in the Hindi language | ||
| चौहान | cauhana | - |
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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 Chaouan
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