Banavasi Surname

428,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Banavasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banavasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India8031:955,25040,838
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Banavasi (799) may also be a first name.

Banavasi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Banavasi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Banavasi (Hindi: बनवासी, Marathi: बनवसी) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Banavasi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 428,665th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,052,852 people. The surname Banavasi is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Banavasi are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 289,538th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 799 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 803 people, or 1 in 955,250. In India it is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 56 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 19 percent are found and Bihar, where 18 percent are found. Excluding India Banavasi occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found and Iran, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Banavasi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Banavasi in the Hindi language
बनवासीbanavasi98.92
बनावासीbanavasi0.65
बानवासीbanavasi0.22
Banavasi in the Marathi language
बनवसीbanavasi55.56
बानवासीbanavasi44.44

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Banavasi
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