Bashistha Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Bashistha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bashistha (903) may also be a first name.
Bashistha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bashistha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bashistha (Bengali: বশিষ্ঠ, Hindi: बशिष्ठ, Marathi: बशीथा, Oriya: ବଶି) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bashistha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Bashistha occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Bashistha are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bashistha is also the 270,077th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 903 people.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 14,204,914. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 67 percent reside, Bihar, where 13 percent reside and Odisha, where 7 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 8 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bashistha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bashistha in the Bengali language | ||
| বশিষ্ঠ | basistha | - |
| Bashistha in the Marathi language | ||
| बशीथा | basitha | - |
| Bashistha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଶି | basi | 95.38 |
| ବଷି | basi | 2.31 |
| ବଶିତାି | basitai | 1.54 |
| Bashistha in the Hindi language | ||
| बशिष्ठ | basistha | 66.67 |
| वशिष्थ | vasistha | 33.33 |
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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 Bashistha
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