Chauhan Surname
Approximately 1,623,198 people bear this surname
Chauhan Surname User-submission:
Descandants of White Huns, the Chahals (Chols of European history) in the fourth century AD, were settled on the east of Caspian sea. This was the period when Chahals were occupying Zabulistan in the Ghazni area. Ancestry is Central Asian and due to interbreeding with natives it is Indian, Iranian, and Turkish.
Read More About This SurnameChauhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,592,333 | 1:482 | 53 |
| England | 9,152 | 1:6,088 | 871 |
| United States | 3,782 | 1:95,838 | 10,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,689 | 1:3,407 | 428 |
| Oman | 2,119 | 1:1,740 | 249 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,107 | 1:14,644 | 2,044 |
| Canada | 1,678 | 1:21,958 | 3,011 |
| Pakistan | 1,415 | 1:126,250 | 3,651 |
| Qatar | 1,114 | 1:2,117 | 180 |
| Fiji | 943 | 1:948 | 108 |
| Australia | 752 | 1:35,899 | 4,722 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Kuwait | 569 | 1:6,680 | 925 |
| Thailand | 504 | 1:140,155 | 21,849 |
| Bahrain | 470 | 1:2,869 | 480 |
| New Zealand | 362 | 1:12,509 | 2,182 |
| Singapore | 342 | 1:16,104 | 685 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Malaysia | 191 | 1:154,420 | 9,603 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Germany | 123 | 1:654,516 | 51,119 |
| Poland | 106 | 1:358,573 | 40,095 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Nepal | 87 | 1:327,367 | 3,644 |
| Scotland | 63 | 1:84,981 | 6,133 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| China | 46 | 1:29,724,382 | 1,576 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Finland | 29 | 1:189,541 | 16,328 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Northern Ireland | 26 | 1:70,963 | 5,105 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Korea | 19 | 1:2,696,856 | 537 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Chauhan (4,971) may also be a first name.
Chauhan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Descandants of White Huns, the Chahals (Chols of European history) in the fourth century AD, were settled on the east of Caspian sea. This was the period when Chahals were occupying Zabulistan in the Ghazni area. Ancestry is Central Asian and due to interbreeding with natives it is Indian, Iranian, and Turkish.
However, the name Chahal is shared by another clan and inter mixing has occurred; so ancestry is mixed. The name Chahal can be found native to Lebanon, Israel and Central Asian countries.
- hsingh1861It is a clan of BirGurjar that is actually hun, this surname is found in various castes.
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Chauhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chauhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chauhan (Arabic: شوهان, Bengali: চৌহান, Hindi: चौहान, Marathi: चौहान, Oriya: େଚୗହାନ, Tibetan: ཅུ་ཝཱན།) occurs most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauhan? popularity and diffusion
Chauhan is the 328th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 4,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chauhan live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chauhan is also the 96,565th most common first name at a global level, borne by 4,971 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 1,592,333 people, or 1 in 482. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 63 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent reside and Bihar, where 10 percent reside. Besides India Chauhan is found in 120 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Chauhan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chauhan surname are 12.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.81% being registered with the party.
The amount Chauhan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.54% less than the national average, earning R 210,204 per year; in United States they earn 15.82% more than the national average, earning $49,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.9% more than the national average, earning $56,091 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chauhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chauhan in the Bengali language | ||
| চৌহান | cauhana | - |
| Chauhan in the Hindi language | ||
| चौहान | cauhana | 98.92 |
| चौहन | cauhana | 0.56 |
| चोहान | cohana | 0.05 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.03 |
| चौहाऩ | cauhana | 0.03 |
| चौाहन | cauahana | 0.01 |
| चौहा़न | cauhana | 0 |
| ैहान | aihana | 0 |
| चौधान | caudhana | 0 |
| चौहसन | cauhasana | 0 |
| चौहाल | cauhala | 0 |
| ाचौहान | acauhana | 0 |
| चीैहान | ciaihana | 0 |
| चौ़हान | cauhana | 0 |
| चव्हाण | cavhana | 0 |
| चौहरी | cauhari | 0 |
| ़चौहान | cauhana | 0 |
| चौेहन | cauehana | 0 |
| चौधन | caudhana | 0 |
| चौहौन | cauhauna | 0 |
| चॉहान | cohana | 0 |
| यौहान | yauhana | 0 |
| हुसैन | husaina | 0 |
| चौीान | cauiana | 0 |
| चाैहान | caaihana | 0 |
| चौघरी | caughari | 0 |
| खैहान | khaihana | 0 |
| चाहौन | cahauna | 0 |
| चहौन | cahauna | 0 |
| चोंहान | conhana | 0 |
| र्चौहान | rcauhana | 0 |
| चौहाण | cauhana | 0 |
| चउहन | ca'uhana | 0 |
| मोहन | mohana | 0 |
| चौैहान | cauaihana | 0 |
| चौहार | cauhara | 0 |
| चौहाना | cauhana | 0 |
| चैहान | caihana | 0 |
| चौधरी | caudhari | 0 |
| वौहान | vauhana | 0 |
| चौहान् | cauhan | 0 |
| चौेहान | cauehana | 0 |
| चौहाँ | cauham | 0 |
| चैाहान | caiahana | 0 |
| चाौहान | caauhana | 0 |
| चौहाान | cauhaana | 0 |
| चौाहान | cauahana | 0 |
| चोैहान | coaihana | 0 |
| चौळान | caulana | 0 |
| Chauhan in the Marathi language | ||
| चौहान | cauhana | 77.03 |
| चौहाण | cauhana | 16.16 |
| छगन | chagana | 1.99 |
| चोहान | cohana | 1.23 |
| चरण | carana | 0.55 |
| चौहन | cauhana | 0.45 |
| चेहान | cehana | 0.4 |
| चोहाण | cohana | 0.16 |
| छबुराव | chaburava | 0.09 |
| चोहन | cohana | 0.08 |
| चौवान | cauvana | 0.07 |
| चौहण | cauhana | 0.07 |
| हसन | hasana | 0.05 |
| छबन | chabana | 0.05 |
| छगण | chagana | 0.04 |
| छायााने | chayaane | 0.04 |
| छबुलाल | chabulala | 0.04 |
| चेहाण | cehana | 0.04 |
| चौहानान | cauhanana | 0.03 |
| छबूराव | chaburava | 0.03 |
| चरन | carana | 0.03 |
| चमन | camana | 0.03 |
| चैाहान | caiahana | 0.03 |
| चाैहान | caaihana | 0.02 |
| चैहान | caihana | 0.02 |
| छागन | chagana | 0.02 |
| चौघन | caughana | 0.02 |
| चागुणा | caguna | 0.01 |
| चेहन | cehana | 0.01 |
| चौहाणाने | cauhanane | 0.01 |
| चौहानाची | cauhanaci | 0.01 |
| चॊहान | cohana | 0.01 |
| भाऊसना | bha'usana | 0.01 |
| सुहान | suhana | 0.01 |
| िछतनी | ichatani | 0.01 |
| चौहानाज | cauhanaja | 0.01 |
| चौहाऩ | cauhana | 0.01 |
| चौरंग | cauranga | 0.01 |
| चावहन | cavahana | 0.01 |
| चागुना | caguna | 0.01 |
| चौथा | cautha | 0.01 |
| हारुण | haruna | 0.01 |
| छबूलाल | chabulala | 0.01 |
| चवहान | cavahana | 0.01 |
| ़चौहान | cauhana | 0.01 |
| शहाणा | sahana | 0.01 |
| चव्हाण | cavhana | 0.01 |
| चोैहान | coaihana | 0.01 |
| चौहानाने | cauhanane | 0.01 |
| चारूहास | caruhasa | 0 |
| शाहणा | sahana | 0 |
| छाबूराव | chaburava | 0 |
| छगुराम | chagurama | 0 |
| हुसन | husana | 0 |
| छोटकान | chotakana | 0 |
| चौवहाण | cauvahana | 0 |
| महन | mahana | 0 |
| चौाहन | cauahana | 0 |
| चौहाँन | cauhamna | 0 |
| चाौहान | caauhana | 0 |
| वाहन | vahana | 0 |
| चौहानाजी | cauhanaji | 0 |
| आघाना | aghana | 0 |
| चौहानान् | cauhanan | 0 |
| चौचन | caucana | 0 |
| चौहाब | cauhaba | 0 |
| चौहाणासी | cauhanasi | 0 |
| चारुहास | caruhasa | 0 |
| मौहन | mauhana | 0 |
| चौ॑हान | cauhana | 0 |
| चौहानाक | cauhanaka | 0 |
| छाबुरव | chaburava | 0 |
| छगुना | chaguna | 0 |
| चकाण | cakana | 0 |
| हारून | haruna | 0 |
| छैना | chaina | 0 |
| चौहानाय | cauhanaya | 0 |
| चौहाणामा | cauhanama | 0 |
| चौवहन | cauvahana | 0 |
| चाऊना | ca'una | 0 |
| भादुसना | bhadusana | 0 |
| चौहास | cauhasa | 0 |
| लहना | lahana | 0 |
| हमन | hamana | 0 |
| छायाानु | chayaanu | 0 |
| चौहानारा | cauhanara | 0 |
| हौहन | hauhana | 0 |
| छबुराम | chaburama | 0 |
| चौव्हान | cauvhana | 0 |
| चायना | cayana | 0 |
| मोहहण | mohahana | 0 |
| छवन | chavana | 0 |
| चौैहान | cauaihana | 0 |
| चौहाणाट | cauhanata | 0 |
| चेवहन | cevahana | 0 |
| चऊञा | ca'una | 0 |
| हारुन | haruna | 0 |
| छुटंकी | chutanki | 0 |
| चौहानाम | cauhanama | 0 |
| चौवन | cauvana | 0 |
| चहाण | cahana | 0 |
| भाऊानू | bhauanu | 0 |
| चौहावा | cauhava | 0 |
| चौहनान | cauhanana | 0 |
| चाैहाण | caaihana | 0 |
| हतुलान | hatulana | 0 |
| छायाबेन | chayabena | 0 |
| चौहानानी | cauhanani | 0 |
| चौहाणानी | cauhanani | 0 |
| धुखन | dhukhana | 0 |
| चातणा | catana | 0 |
| छलन | chalana | 0 |
| चौेहाण | cauehana | 0 |
| चुहन | cuhana | 0 |
| वौहान | vauhana | 0 |
| छगनुन | chaganuna | 0 |
| घौहन | ghauhana | 0 |
| छााने | chaane | 0 |
| ैचौहान | aicauhana | 0 |
| चौहाव | cauhava | 0 |
| रामुधान | ramudhana | 0 |
| छाबूलाल | chabulala | 0 |
| छगुलाल | chagulala | 0 |
| चोेैहाण | coeaihana | 0 |
| छबान | chabana | 0 |
| चौाहान | cauahana | 0 |
| चाौहाऩ | caauhana | 0 |
| चौहानाद | cauhanada | 0 |
| चॉहान | cohana | 0 |
| उखङ | ukhana | 0 |
| छावान | chavana | 0 |
| छटुलाल | chatulala | 0 |
| चवान | cavana | 0 |
| बहाणा | bahana | 0 |
| चौहार | cauhara | 0 |
| रहन | rahana | 0 |
| च्वहाण | cvahana | 0 |
| चौहाणान | cauhanana | 0 |
| चौहानार | cauhanara | 0 |
| हरणा | harana | 0 |
| फरहान | pharahana | 0 |
| शहाना | sahana | 0 |
| छाधारी | chadhari | 0 |
| चवहाण | cavahana | 0 |
| न्हाहना | nhahana | 0 |
| लछुमन | lachumana | 0 |
| छंदा | chanda | 0 |
| चैहाण | caihana | 0 |
| चौव्हाण | cauvhana | 0 |
| महान | mahana | 0 |
| छतगण | chatagana | 0 |
| छंद | chanda | 0 |
| छौहन् | chauhan | 0 |
| चौहानाशी | cauhanasi | 0 |
| वौहाण | vauhana | 0 |
| Chauhan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅུ་ཝཱན། | chuwen | 66.67 |
| ཅུ་ཧན། | chuhen | 33.33 |
| Chauhan in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚୗହାନ | ecahana | 60.75 |
| େଚୗହାନ୍ | ecahan | 14.52 |
| ଚଉହାନ | ca'uhana | 6.99 |
| େଚୖହାନ | ecahana | 4.84 |
| େଚୖାହାନ | ecaahana | 3.23 |
| େଚୗହାଣ | ecahana | 2.15 |
| େଚୗହନ | ecahana | 2.15 |
| େଚୗାନ | ecaana | 2.15 |
| ଚହାନ | cahana | 0.54 |
| ଶୁେଚୗହାନ | suecahana | 0.54 |
| ଭବାନୀ | bhabani | 0.54 |
| େଚୖାହାନ୍ | ecaahan | 0.54 |
| ଚାଉହଁା | ca'uhama | 0.54 |
| Chauhan in the Arabic language | ||
| شوهان | shwhan | - |
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