Chunar Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Chunar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 285 | 1:2,691,457 | 83,799 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chunar (288) may also be a first name.
Chunar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chunar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chunar (Hindi: चुनार, Marathi: चुनार, Oriya: ଚୁନାର, Russian: Чунар) is most common in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chunar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chunar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 870,423rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Chunar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 520,883rd most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 288 people.
The surname Chunar is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 2,691,457. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 60 percent live, Uttarkhand, where 24 percent live and Delhi, where 9 percent live. Excluding India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chunar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chunar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁନାର | cunara | - |
| Chunar in the Marathi language | ||
| चुनार | cunara | - |
| Chunar in the Hindi language | ||
| चुनार | cunara | 79.63 |
| चुनर | cunara | 16.67 |
| चूनार | cunara | 3.7 |
| Chunar in the Russian language | ||
| Чунар | cunar | - |
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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 Chunar
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