Chhar Surname
Approximately 1,612 people bear this surname
Chhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,560 | 1:49,220 | 5,528 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chhar (270) may also be a first name.
Chhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chhar (Hindi: छार, Marathi: छार, Oriya: ଛାର) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chhar.
How Common Is The Last Name Chhar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 246,661st most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,520,810 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chhar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Chhar is also the 541,116th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 270 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 1,560 people, or 1 in 49,220. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 18 percent live, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 13 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Iran this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chhar in the Marathi language | ||
| छार | chara | - |
| Chhar in the Hindi language | ||
| छार | chara | 83.33 |
| छर | chara | 16.67 |
| Chhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଛାର | chara | 50 |
| ଛର | chara | 25 |
| ଛତର | chatara | 25 |
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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 Chhar
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