Chahal is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chahal
No. of characters: 6
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Chahal

How popular is Chahal?

Chahal is common in India.

Chahal is ranked 21742 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chahals grew by 116.7582 per cent to 1578 since 2000 and ranked 17752 after elevating 12572 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.63 82.97
White 4.18 5.49
Others 1.96 8.52
Hispanic or Latino 1.46 1.79
Chahal is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 23765 people have been found who wears Chahal as their family name. Chahal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
318,252 Ukraine6
4,138 Bahrain3
35,184 Poland3
108,034 Italy3
12,161 Wales2
40,064 Nigeria2
54,135 Philippines2
18,625 Japan2
21,929 Algeria2
20,595 China2
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,958 Bangladesh1
49,101 Denmark1
107,212 South Africa1
91,024 Belgium1
25,746 Finland1
810,193 Indonesia1
4,942 Libya1
17,575 Kuwait1
77,122 Sweden1
53,505 Turkey1
9,498 Iceland1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
2,715 Gabon1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
6,551 Qatar39
57,220 Netherlands27
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,457 New Zealand97
104,308 France86
6,180 Scotland85
11,471 Norway66
Countries with hundreds of Chahal:
1,281 Lebanon544
5,324 Malaysia405
7,396 Australia388
4,936 United Arab Emirates199
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
59,024 Germany168
3,201 Singapore106
Countries with thousands of Chahal:
2,892 England2,667
2,244 Canada2,242
3,994 Pakistan1,634
21,035 United States1,517
Countries with ten thousands of Chahal:
4,017 India13,184
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Chahal Namesakes

  • Aadil Chahal, Actor
  • Mahek Chahal, Actress
  • Mahek Chahal, Actress
  • Mahek Chahal, Actress
  • Gavy Chahal, Actor
  • Jaswinder Chahal, Film director
  • Jessy Chahal, Actress
  • Gavie Chahal, Actor
  • Mahek Chahal, Actress
  • Gulzar Inder Chahal, Film actor
  • In 2016 comedy, drama film, Bambukat, Simi Chahal portrayed Parminder Kaur 'Pakko'.

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