Chari Surname
Approximately 85,829 people bear this surname
Chari 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.
Chari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 37,315 | 1:20,556 | 1,587 |
| Afghanistan | 20,498 | 1:1,569 | 189 |
| Zimbabwe | 12,234 | 1:1,262 | 61 |
| Iran | 4,948 | 1:15,518 | 2,030 |
| Morocco | 2,454 | 1:14,049 | 2,074 |
| Kenya | 2,176 | 1:21,222 | 2,440 |
| Thailand | 836 | 1:84,496 | 11,564 |
| Algeria | 774 | 1:49,912 | 8,635 |
| Nigeria | 727 | 1:243,663 | 14,126 |
| United States | 719 | 1:504,115 | 42,358 |
| Cyprus | 369 | 1:2,398 | 286 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| United Arab Emirates | 286 | 1:32,036 | 3,458 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 1:5,394 | 963 |
| Ecuador | 248 | 1:64,136 | 5,208 |
| France | 191 | 1:347,763 | 52,251 |
| Argentina | 148 | 1:288,807 | 23,114 |
| Peru | 143 | 1:222,267 | 9,751 |
| England | 142 | 1:392,381 | 27,229 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| Greece | 57 | 1:194,382 | 30,902 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 1:4,154,509 | 29,278 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 5 | 1:35,485 | 1,708 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 4 | 1:1,964 | 77 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
Chari (24,239) may also be a first name.
Chari 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.
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Chari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chari (Arabic: تشاري, Bengali: ছড়ি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺎﺭﻱ, Hindi: चारी, Marathi: चारी, Oriya: ଚାରି, Russian: Чари, Tibetan: ཅ་རི་) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chari? popularity and diffusion
Chari is the 6,579th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 84,908 people. The last name Chari is primarily found in Asia, where 76 percent of Chari live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chari is also the 32,781st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 24,239 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 37,315 people, or 1 in 20,556. In India Chari is primarily found in: Telangana, where 44 percent live, Goa, where 34 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Excluding India Chari is found in 89 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.
Chari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Chari last name is predominantly Christian (83%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chari surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.55% being registered with the political party.
The amount Chari earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 137.12% more than the national average, earning R 563,496 per year; in Colombia they earn 83.43% more than the national average, earning $41,643,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 28.57% more than the national average, earning $55,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.93% more than the national average, earning $71,014 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chari in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺎﺭﻱ | shary | - |
| Chari in the Marathi language | ||
| चारी | cari | 96.14 |
| चरी | cari | 0.54 |
| च्यारी | cyari | 0.47 |
| यारी | yari | 0.27 |
| छारी | chari | 0.2 |
| चेरी | ceri | 0.07 |
| छरी | chari | 0.07 |
| चुरी | curi | 0.07 |
| हरीश | harisa | 0.07 |
| चौरी | cauri | 0.07 |
| Chari in the Hindi language | ||
| चारी | cari | 86.36 |
| चरी | cari | 10.45 |
| चरि | cari | 1.36 |
| चारि | cari | 1.36 |
| छारी | chari | 0.45 |
| Chari in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାରି | cari | 70.96 |
| ଚାରୀ | cari | 26.95 |
| ଚରୀ | cari | 0.13 |
| ଚରି | cari | 0.13 |
| େଚରୀ | ecari | 0.07 |
| ାଚାରି | acari | 0.07 |
| ଚାରିା | caria | 0.07 |
| ବାରୀ | bari | 0.07 |
| ଚାଆରି | ca'ari | 0.07 |
| Chari in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅ་རི་ | chari | 42.86 |
| ཆ་་རི་ | chari | 28.57 |
| ལྕགས་རི། | chakri | 14.29 |
| ཆ་རི་ | chari | 14.29 |
| Chari in the Bengali language | ||
| ছড়ি | chari | 25 |
| চরী | cari | 25 |
| চরি | cari | 25 |
| ছরি | chari | 25 |
| Chari in the Russian language | ||
| Чари | cari | - |
| Chari in the Arabic language | ||
| تشاري | tshary | - |
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