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 more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chwhan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 766,190th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chwhan live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Chwhan is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 313 people, or 1 in 2,450,688. In India Chwhan is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 78 percent are found, Assam, where 11 percent are found and Bihar, where 5 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 16 percent are found.
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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- 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 Chwhan
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