Chowkidar Surname
Approximately 1,311 people bear this surname
Chowkidar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,297 | 1:591,415 | 28,639 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Chowkidar (26) may also be a first name.
Chowkidar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chowkidar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chowkidar (Marathi: चौकीदार) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chowkidar? popularity and diffusion
Chowkidar is the 291,785th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,558,769 people. Chowkidar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chowkidar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chowkidar is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 26 people.
The surname Chowkidar is most common in India, where it is carried by 1,297 people, or 1 in 591,415. In India Chowkidar is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 97 percent live, Maharashtra, where 1 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent live. Other than India Chowkidar occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chowkidar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chowkidar in the Marathi language | ||
| चौकीदार | caukidara | 88.89 |
| चोकीदार | cokidara | 11.11 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Chowkidar
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