Chihar Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Chihar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Chihar (11) may also be a first name.
Chihar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihar (Hindi: चिहार) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Chihar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Chihar live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chihar is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
Chihar is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 70 percent live, Haryana, where 10 percent live and Rajasthan, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account India it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 24 percent live and Algeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chihar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chihar in the Hindi language | ||
| चिहार | cihara | 83.33 |
| छिहरा | chihara | 16.67 |
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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 Chihar
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