Bhairav Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Bhairav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,318 | 1:581,992 | 28,287 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Bhairav (28,341) may also be a first name.
Bhairav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhairav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bhairav (Hindi: भैरव, Marathi: भैरव, Oriya: େଭୖରବ) occurs most in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bhairav.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhairav? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bhairav is the 290,346th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bhairav live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bhairav is also the 29,127th most frequent first name on earth, held by 28,341 people.
The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,318 people, or 1 in 581,992. In India Bhairav is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 58 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 26 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhairav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhairav in the Oriya language | ||
| େଭୖରବ | ebharaba | - |
| Bhairav in the Hindi language | ||
| भैरव | bhairava | 99.34 |
| भेैरव | bheairava | 0.11 |
| भ्ैरव | bhairava | 0.08 |
| भैरवज़् | bhairavaz | 0.06 |
| भैराव | bhairava | 0.06 |
| भाईराव | bha'irava | 0.06 |
| भैरंव | bhairanva | 0.03 |
| भैरो | bhairo | 0.03 |
| भैरम | bhairama | 0.03 |
| बैरव | bairava | 0.03 |
| भैरब | bhairaba | 0.03 |
| भैरों | bhairom | 0.03 |
| Bhairav in the Marathi language | ||
| भैरव | bhairava | 94.55 |
| भाईराव | bha'irava | 1.53 |
| भगवान | bhagavana | 0.29 |
| भैराव | bhairava | 0.29 |
| भेैरव | bheairava | 0.22 |
| बाबुराव | baburava | 0.22 |
| भाईरव | bha'irava | 0.22 |
| भरत | bharata | 0.22 |
| भेरव | bherava | 0.15 |
| भईराव | bha'irava | 0.15 |
| खरवार | kharavara | 0.15 |
| हिरश | hirasa | 0.15 |
| भागवत | bhagavata | 0.15 |
| भोईरव | bho'irava | 0.07 |
| िभवा | ibhava | 0.07 |
| भारती | bharati | 0.07 |
| भैरवी | bhairavi | 0.07 |
| भरव | bharava | 0.07 |
| बारड | barada | 0.07 |
| वराव | varava | 0.07 |
| बाबूराव | baburava | 0.07 |
| भाऊराव | bha'urava | 0.07 |
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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 Bhairav
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