Chentan Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Chentan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chentan (238) may also be a first name.
Chentan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chentan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chentan (Hindi: चेंतन, Marathi: चतन) has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chentan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,007,164th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Chentan is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Chentan live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 580,229th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 238 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 164,057. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 100 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 18 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chentan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chentan in the Hindi language | ||
| चेंतन | centana | 96 |
| छेंतन | chentana | 2 |
| चेन्तन | centana | 2 |
| Chentan in the Marathi language | ||
| चतन | catana | 82.54 |
| चेतन | cetana | 14.29 |
| चतण | catana | 1.59 |
| चेन्तन | centana | 1.59 |
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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 Chentan
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