Chegar Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Chegar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chegar (12) may also be a first name.
Chegar Demographics
Average Chegar Salary in
United States
$51,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chegar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chegar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻜﺎﺭ, Hindi: चेगर, Marathi: चेगर, Russian: Чегар) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegar? popularity and diffusion
Chegar is the 1,755,741st most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. Chegar occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Chegar are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name globally, held by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 83,569. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 67 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 12 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Iran, where 15 percent reside.
Chegar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chegar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chegar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chegar last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
Chegar earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chegar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chegar in the Hindi language | ||
| चेगर | cegara | - |
| Chegar in the Marathi language | ||
| चेगर | cegara | - |
| Chegar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻜﺎﺭ | shkar | 95 |
| ﺍﺷﻜﺮ | ashkr | 5 |
| Chegar in the Russian language | ||
| Чегар | cegar | - |
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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 Chegar
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