Char Surname
Approximately 30,581 people bear this surname
Char Surname User-submission:
It's a surname given to the people of the Vishwakarma caste of the Hindu religion. It's most common in the South Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
Char Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 20,080 | 1:568 | 112 |
| India | 5,023 | 1:152,711 | 9,621 |
| United States | 1,263 | 1:286,983 | 26,678 |
| Pakistan | 882 | 1:202,544 | 4,929 |
| Iran | 604 | 1:127,123 | 11,697 |
| Afghanistan | 528 | 1:60,896 | 1,961 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Romania | 231 | 1:86,917 | 10,121 |
| Hong Kong | 197 | 1:37,236 | 652 |
| Malaysia | 169 | 1:174,522 | 10,586 |
| Algeria | 153 | 1:252,494 | 27,221 |
| Taiwan | 131 | 1:178,968 | 1,568 |
| Singapore | 128 | 1:43,029 | 1,626 |
| Argentina | 124 | 1:344,705 | 27,064 |
| Canada | 119 | 1:309,627 | 28,530 |
| Brazil | 116 | 1:1,845,468 | 59,486 |
| Guatemala | 89 | 1:180,704 | 3,658 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Colombia | 37 | 1:1,291,191 | 10,220 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1:176,975 | 8,389 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Char (22,117) may also be a first name.
Char Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It's a surname given to the people of the Vishwakarma caste of the Hindu religion. It's most common in the South Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
- krishnachar3Char Demographics
Average Char Salary in
United States
$50,124 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Char Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Char Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Char (Bengali: চার, Hindi: चार, Marathi: चार, Oriya: ଚାର, Russian: Чар, Tibetan: ཅར་) occurs more in South Sudan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Char? popularity and diffusion
The last name Char is the 18,050th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 238,303 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Char live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 35,067th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 22,117 people.
This surname is most prevalent in South Sudan, where it is borne by 20,080 people, or 1 in 568. Without taking into account South Sudan this surname occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Char Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Char has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 7,017 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 967 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Char Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Char surname are 11.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.05% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Char earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 8.29% less than the national average, earning $20,820,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.16% more than the national average, earning $50,124 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.67% less than the national average, earning $42,393 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Char Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Char in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାର | cara | 99.47 |
| ଚର | cara | 0.42 |
| Char in the Marathi language | ||
| चार | cara | 96.43 |
| चर | cara | 2.38 |
| छर | chara | 1.19 |
| Char in the Hindi language | ||
| चार | cara | 72.22 |
| चर | cara | 27.78 |
| Char in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅར་ | char | 66.67 |
| ལྕར་ | char | 33.33 |
| Char in the Bengali language | ||
| চার | cara | 66.67 |
| চর | cara | 33.33 |
| Char in the Russian language | ||
| Чар | car | - |
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Footnotes
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