Chonkar Surname

218,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Chonkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chonkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,8211:421,23322,077
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Singapore131:423,66918,211
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Chonkar (21) may also be a first name.

Chonkar Last Name Facts

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

Chonkar (Hindi: छोंकर, Marathi: चोणकर) is found most frequently in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chonkar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 218,550th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,888,765 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Chonkar live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 1,821 people, or 1 in 421,233. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 91 percent live, Goa, where 2 percent live and Daman and Diu, where 1 percent live. Apart from India this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.

Chonkar Last Name Statistics demography

Chonkar earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 80.58% more than the national average, earning $77,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chonkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chonkar in the Marathi language
चोणकरconakara90.04
चोनकरconakara8.68
णकरnakara0.29
चाफेकरcaphekara0.2
चीणकरcinakara0.1
चौनकरcaunakara0.1
Chonkar in the Hindi language
छोंकरchonkara37.5
छौंकरchaunkara25
चोंकरconkara12.5
छौकरchaukara12.5
छोकरchokara12.5

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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
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  • 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 Chonkar
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