Bhant Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Bhant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 536 | 1:1,431,092 | 54,604 |
| Nepal | 72 | 1:395,569 | 3,974 |
Bhant (1,036) may also be a first name.
Bhant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhant Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bhant (Hindi: भन्त, Marathi: भानत) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Bhant click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhant? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 531,574th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bhant are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 249,168th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,036 people.
The surname Bhant is most common in India, where it is carried by 536 people, or 1 in 1,431,092. In India Bhant is most frequent in: Bihar, where 78 percent live, West Bengal, where 8 percent live and Karnataka, where 4 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhant Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhant in the Hindi language | ||
| भन्त | bhanta | 64.29 |
| भंता | bhanta | 14.29 |
| भान्त | bhanta | 7.14 |
| भांट | bhanta | 3.57 |
| भंत | bhanta | 3.57 |
| भन्ट | bhanta | 3.57 |
| भण्टा | bhanta | 3.57 |
| Bhant in the Marathi language | ||
| भानत | bhanata | 36.36 |
| भंटाची | bhantaci | 18.18 |
| भंट | bhanta | 18.18 |
| भांट | bhanta | 18.18 |
| भंत-या | bhanta-ya | 9.09 |
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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 Bhant
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