Chennan Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Chennan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chennan (5,475) may also be a first name.
Chennan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chennan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chennan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻨﺎﻥ, Hindi: चेंनां, Marathi: चेनन) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chennan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,290,735th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Chennan live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 90,790th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 5,475 people.
The surname is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Outside of Morocco it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 7 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chennan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chennan in the Hindi language | ||
| चेंनां | cennam | - |
| Chennan in the Marathi language | ||
| चेनन | cenana | - |
| Chennan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻨﺎﻥ | shnan | 92.31 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻨﺎﻥ | alshnan | 7.69 |
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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 Chennan
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