Chhand Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Chhand Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chhand (161) may also be a first name.
Chhand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chhand Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chhand (Bengali: ছন্দ, Hindi: छन्द, Marathi: छंद, Oriya: ଛ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chhand? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chhand is the 1,537,949th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chhand are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chhand is also the 722,635th most common forename world-wide, held by 161 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 6,788,189. In India it is primarily found in: Odisha, where 72 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 9 percent are found and Bihar, where 6 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chhand Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chhand in the Oriya language | ||
| ଛ | cha | - |
| Chhand in the Hindi language | ||
| छन्द | chanda | 78.57 |
| छंद | chanda | 21.43 |
| Chhand in the Marathi language | ||
| छंद | chanda | 75 |
| हाण | hana | 20.83 |
| छांद | chanda | 4.17 |
| Chhand in the Bengali language | ||
| ছন্দ | chanda | 66.67 |
| ছাঁদ | chamda | 33.33 |
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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 Chhand
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