Chennani Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Chennani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chennani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco6821:50,5518,318
Algeria1311:294,89729,160
India471:16,320,540259,912
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
France41:16,605,680368,153
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Chennani (12) may also be a first name.

Chennani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chennani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chennani (Hindi: चेन्नानी, Marathi: चेानी) occurs most in Morocco. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chennani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 400,040th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,290,723 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chennani live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Mahgreb. Chennani is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 12 people.

It is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 682 people, or 1 in 50,551. Not including Morocco this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chennagni941/
Cennani935/
Chennanaih891/
Chennane88504/
Chinnani8842/
Cennangi888/
Chennany881/
Chnani86305/
Chennanne821/
Kennani80205/
Cennane803/
Cnani774/
Kennanie753/
Chinnane751/
Chennoune71196/
Cnaani7124/
Khnani712/
Chinnanne711/
Cnanni711/
Kennane67213/
Kemnani674/
Cinnane670/
Kennana670/

Chennani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chennani in the Hindi language
चेन्नानीcennani-
Chennani in the Marathi language
चेानीceani-

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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 Chennani
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