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 last name Bisawas (Hindi: बीसवाश, Marathi: बीसवास, Oriya: ବିସୱାସ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bisawas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 744,013th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bisawas live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bisawas is also the 417,166th most prevalent first name globally, held by 424 people.

Bisawas is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 2,067,562. In India it is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 72 percent reside, Assam, where 21 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 5 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside and Nepal, where 2 percent reside.

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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