Chwhan Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Chwhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 313 | 1:2,450,688 | 78,746 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 1:3,027,862 | 24,468 |
Chwhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chwhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chwhan (Hindi: चौहान, Marathi: हाण) is most common in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chwhan? popularity and diffusion
Chwhan is the 766,190th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name Chwhan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chwhan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 313 people, or 1 in 2,450,688. In India Chwhan is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 78 percent live, Assam, where 11 percent live and Bihar, where 5 percent live. Beside India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chwhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chwhan in the Marathi language | ||
| हाण | hana | 95.45 |
| हान | hana | 3.98 |
| छ्व्हन् | chvhan | 0.57 |
| Chwhan in the Hindi language | ||
| चौहान | cauhana | 88.89 |
| चौहन | cauhana | 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chwhan
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