Bhans Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Bhans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bhans (53) may also be a first name.
Bhans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bhans (Hindi: भंस, Marathi: भांस) is found most in India. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhans? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Bhans is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bhans are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most common first name on earth, held by 53 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 7,305,385. In India Bhans is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 77 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 9 percent live and West Bengal, where 7 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 12 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhans in the Marathi language | ||
| भांस | bhansa | - |
| Bhans in the Hindi language | ||
| भंस | bhansa | 50 |
| भन्स | bhansa | 25 |
| भान्सा | bhansa | 12.5 |
| भानस | bhanasa | 12.5 |
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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 Bhans
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