Chokalingam Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Chokalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chokalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India581:13,225,265229,403
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
United States141:25,889,924709,614
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Chokalingam (61) may also be a first name.

Chokalingam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chokalingam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chokalingam (Hindi: चोकलीन्गम, Marathi: चोकिंलगम) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chokalingam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chokalingam? popularity and diffusion

Chokalingam is the 1,518,885th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Chokalingam is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Chokalingam are found; 42 percent are found in South Asia and 42 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,257,960th most common first name throughout the world, held by 61 people.

The surname Chokalingam is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 13,225,265. In India Chokalingam is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 40 percent live, Maharashtra, where 22 percent live and Karnataka, where 5 percent live. Barring India this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent live and Germany, where 12 percent live.

Chokalingam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Chokalingam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.93% less than the national average, earning R 187,896 per year and in United States they earn 103.94% more than the national average, earning $88,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chokalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chokalingam in the Hindi language
चोकलीन्गमcokalin'gama-
Chokalingam in the Marathi language
चोकिंलगमcokinlagama51.72
चोकलींगमcokalingama17.24
चोकािंलगमcokainlagama13.79
चोकालीन्गमcokalin'gama10.34
चोरालींगमcoralingama3.45
कुमारलींगमkumaralingama3.45

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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 Chokalingam
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