Ch
loc · Latin script
Meaning: che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ch is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- INIndia≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 807
- TNTunisia≈1 in 1.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 807 (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ch' in ID Indonesia, Čh in DZ Algeria, C'H in TN Tunisia and Çh in MA Morocco.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ch counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 807 | — | Ch | 90 |
| IN India | ≈82,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 1 | Ch | 161 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Čh | 8 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | listed | Ch' | 93 |
| MA Morocco | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Çh | 13 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | C'H | 8 |
| MN Mongolia | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | listed | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 113 | 1 in 1.9M | 113 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ch is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Vietnamese, Traditionally the sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê hát, chờ or chờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, A digraph used in several Hungarian words, as well as in some surnames, given names, and geographical names.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called che and written in the Latin script.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dsb, The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Initialism of companion of honour, a British honour and postnominal abbreviation.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 113 | #57,790 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ch mean, and where does it come from?
- che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ch have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 289 thousand people named Ch in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ch.
- How common is the name Ch?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 113 people named Ch, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.