Bhownath Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bhownath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bhownath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Bhownath Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bhownath is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bhownath? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bhownath is the 2,746,821st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Bhownath occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bhownath live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,128,702. In South Africa Bhownath is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 81 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Western Cape, where 2 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 2 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent live.

Bhownath Last Name Statistics demography

Bhownath earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.94% more than the national average, earning R 332,556 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhownauth945/
Bownath9330/
Bownauth8827/
Bhownoth8810/
Bhawnath885/
Bownoth8051/
Bhavnath75320/
Bownouth751/
Bawnat711/
Vownat711/
Bownot711/
Bevnath6710/
Vownatt678/
Basvnathe591/
Bavnat575/
Babnat571/
Boubnad5322/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bhownath
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