Frequency: (103)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu): Hindu name from Sanskrit čandra ‘shining’ (see Chandra) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 91%. Ravi (8), Ram (6), Bala (4), Jayanti (2), Mohan (2), Rajesh (2), Rama (2), Suresh (2), Anand, Biju, Chandra, Chandrika.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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