Chhal Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Chhal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 328 | 1:234,093 | 18,067 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
Chhal (638) may also be a first name.
Chhal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chhal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chhal (Hindi: छल, Marathi: छल, Oriya: ଛାଲ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chhal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 783,439th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. Chhal is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Chhal live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chhal is also the 329,390th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 638 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 234,093. In Iran Chhal is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 74 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 15 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 3 percent are found. Other than Iran Chhal occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chhal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chhal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଛାଲ | chala | 84.24 |
| ଛାଳ | chala | 11.17 |
| ଛଳ | chala | 2.01 |
| ଛଲ | chala | 0.86 |
| ଛାଲୁ | chalu | 0.29 |
| Chhal in the Hindi language | ||
| छल | chala | 78.79 |
| छाल | chala | 9.09 |
| छल्लाणी | challani | 6.06 |
| छल्ला | challa | 3.03 |
| छल्ली | challi | 3.03 |
| Chhal in the Marathi language | ||
| छल | chala | 35.71 |
| छाल | chala | 28.57 |
| चहाल | cahala | 14.29 |
| धल | dhala | 14.29 |
| व-छल | va-chala | 7.14 |
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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 Chhal
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