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CHILANKAR Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

13,102nd

Most common surname in India

302

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angira, dadhich, kashyapa, mahadeva and rebaala. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are ambabai, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Chilankar is common among the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) community in Maharashtra, India. The religion associated with CHILANKAR surname is hindu. The communities associated with this surname are brahmin, mahar and kunbi. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname is marathi.
The CKP are a Marathi-speaking group historically involved in administration and military service. Surnames in this community often reflect ancestral villages, professions, or titles.

People with the surname Chilankar are commonly found in Maharashtra, India. As a result, the languages most likely spoken by those with this surname are Marathi, the official language of Maharashtra, and Hindi, which is widely spoken across India. Because of migration, some Chilankars may also speak other regional Indian languages, depending on where they have settled in India, or even languages of countries they have moved to.

The surname Chilankar has several variations, including Chilkankar, Chilkhankar, Chilanka, and Chilkan.

State-wise distribution of people with CHILANKAR surname

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Madhya Pradesh state distribution for CHILANKAR surname

Madhya Pradesh

149

Maharashtra state distribution for CHILANKAR surname

Maharashtra

19

Category-wise distribution of people with CHILANKAR surname

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People with the surname CHILANKAR appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.

Food Distribution Records category for CHILANKAR surname

115 (68%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for CHILANKAR surname

50 (30%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for CHILANKAR surname

3 (2%)

Voters List

Frequently Asked Questions

CHILANKAR families worship AMBABAI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The CHILANKAR surname is found across multiple communities including Brahmin, Mahar, Kunbi communities.

The CHILANKAR surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

CHILANKAR families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRA, DADHICH, KASHYAPA, MAHADEVA, REBAALA.

Madhya Pradesh has the highest concentration of the CHILANKAR surname with 149 records (88.7%).

The CHILANKAR surname is written in MARATHI script.

CHILANKAR is ranked #13102 in India with approximately 302 people bearing this surname.

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