The surname Chauhan
A Hindi surname, carried by 2,975 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C500
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi चौहान (cauhān), from Sanskrit चाहमान (cāhamāna).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,975 people named Chauhan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,780 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.
Who is named Chauhan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Chauhan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as two or more races and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Chauhan has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Chauhan come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi चौहान (cauhān), from Sanskrit चाहमान (cāhamāna).
- How common is the surname Chauhan?
- 2,975 people in the United States had the surname Chauhan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,780 Americans. It ranked 10,731st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chauhan?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chauhan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Chauhan getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,975 in 2010, up 101%.