Bawdekar Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Bawdekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bawdekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1121:6,848,798152,966
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Bawdekar Last Name Facts

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

Bawdekar (Marathi: बावडेकर) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bawdekar? popularity and diffusion

Bawdekar is the 1,637,889th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Bawdekar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Bawdekar live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 6,848,798. In India Bawdekar is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 84 percent reside, Delhi, where 5 percent reside and Karnataka, where 3 percent reside. Other than India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhawdekar941/
Bavdekar88170/
Babdekar8836/
Wawdekar881/
Bawdhakar821/
Bhabdekar821/
Vavdekar75107/
Wavdekar7519/
Bavdakar752/
Bobdekar751/
Vavdhekar711/

Bawdekar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bawdekar in the Marathi language
बावडेकरbavadekara96.3
बडवेकरbadavekara3.7

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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 Bawdekar
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