The surname Chahal
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C400
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਚਾਹਲ (cāhal).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,578 people named Chahal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 117% since 2000, when the Census counted 728.
Who is named Chahal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Chahal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Chahal has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Chahal come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਚਾਹਲ (cāhal).
- How common is the surname Chahal?
- 1,578 people in the United States had the surname Chahal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chahal?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Chahal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Chahal getting more or less common?
- More common. 728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 117%.