Bisawas Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Bisawas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bisawas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3711:2,067,56270,211
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Nepal71:4,068,70811,207

Bisawas (424) may also be a first name.

Bisawas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bisawas (Hindi: बीसवाश, Marathi: बीसवास, Oriya: ବିସୱାସ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bisawas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 744,013th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bisawas live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 417,166th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 424 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 2,067,562. In India Bisawas is most common in: West Bengal, where 72 percent are found, Assam, where 21 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 5 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and Nepal, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bisawas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bisawas in the Oriya language
ବିସୱାସbisawasa-
Bisawas in the Marathi language
बीसवासbisavasa-
Bisawas in the Hindi language
बीसवाशbisavasa50
बीशवासbisavasa50

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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 Bisawas
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