Bashishtha Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Bashishtha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Bashishtha (2,867) may also be a first name.
Bashishtha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bashishtha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bashishtha (Hindi: बशिष्ठ, Oriya: ବଶି) occurs most in India. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bashishtha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bashishtha is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Bashishtha occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bashishtha live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bashishtha is also the 135,867th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 2,867 people.
The surname Bashishtha is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 26,450,530. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 38 percent live, Jharkhand, where 21 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 21 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nepal, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bashishtha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bashishtha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଶି | basi | - |
| Bashishtha in the Hindi language | ||
| बशिष्ठ | basistha | 42.86 |
| वशिष्ठ | vasistha | 28.57 |
| बाशिष्ठा | basistha | 14.29 |
| बशिष्ठा | basistha | 14.29 |
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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 Bashishtha
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