Bishan Surname
Approximately 2,031 people bear this surname
Bishan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,533 | 1:500,369 | 25,204 |
| Iraq | 246 | 1:142,364 | 3,763 |
| Iran | 203 | 1:378,239 | 24,709 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Bishan (75,400) may also be a first name.
Bishan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bishan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bishan (Arabic: بيشان, Bengali: বিষন, Hindi: बिशन, Marathi: िबशन, Oriya: ବିଶନ, Tibetan: བི་ཤན་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bishan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 204,545th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,588,157 people. The last name Bishan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bishan live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bishan is also the 13,008th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 75,400 people.
The last name Bishan is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 1,533 people, or 1 in 500,369. In India Bishan is most numerous in: Madhya Pradesh, where 55 percent live, Rajasthan, where 22 percent live and Delhi, where 8 percent live. Barring India it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 12 percent live and Iran, where 10 percent live.
Bishan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bishan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bishan surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bishan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bishan in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་ཤན་ | bishen | - |
| Bishan in the Hindi language | ||
| बिशन | bisana | 96.79 |
| बीशन | bisana | 1.78 |
| विशन | visana | 0.83 |
| बिसन | bisana | 0.19 |
| बिषन | bisana | 0.16 |
| बिशान | bisana | 0.09 |
| बिश्न | bisna | 0.09 |
| बिषण | bisana | 0.02 |
| Bishan in the Marathi language | ||
| िबशन | ibasana | 87.34 |
| बीशन | bisana | 4.11 |
| िबसन | ibasana | 3.48 |
| िबषन | ibasana | 1.58 |
| िबषण | ibasana | 0.95 |
| बीसन | bisana | 0.63 |
| िबशान | ibasana | 0.63 |
| बीशान | bisana | 0.32 |
| िवशन | ivasana | 0.32 |
| Bishan in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଶନ | bisana | 78 |
| ବିଷନ | bisana | 9 |
| ବିଷଣ | bisana | 3 |
| ବିଶାନ | bisana | 2 |
| ବିଶଣ | bisana | 2 |
| ବିସନ | bisana | 1 |
| ବିଶଁା | bisama | 1 |
| ବିଶନ୍ | bisan | 1 |
| ବିଷାଣ | bisana | 1 |
| Bishan in the Bengali language | ||
| বিষন | bisana | 58.33 |
| বিষান | bisana | 16.67 |
| বিশন | bisana | 8.33 |
| বিশান | bisana | 6.25 |
| ভীষণ | bhisana | 2.08 |
| বীষন | bisana | 2.08 |
| বিষণ | bisana | 2.08 |
| বিসন | bisana | 2.08 |
| বিষানমোহন | bisanamohana | 2.08 |
| Bishan in the Arabic language | ||
| بيشان | byshan | - |
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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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- 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 Bishan
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