Bismilah Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Bismilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 44 | 1:4,060,088 | 28,888 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bismilah (846) may also be a first name.
Bismilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bismilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bismilah (Hindi: बिस्मिलाह, Marathi: मीलाह) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bismilah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,483,783rd most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname Bismilah is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Bismilah are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Bismilah is also the 280,396th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 846 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,060,088. In Pakistan Bismilah is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 84 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent reside and Balochistan, where 5 percent reside. Not including Pakistan Bismilah occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissmilah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bismislah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bismilaah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bismila | 93 | 83 | / |
| Bismaillah | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bismaila | 88 | 4 | / |
| Bismilha | 88 | 4 | / |
| Bismelah | 88 | 2 | / |
| Bishmila | 88 | 2 | / |
| Bismullah | 82 | 5 | / |
| Bismmilaa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bissmelah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Vismilaha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Vismila | 80 | 20 | / |
| Besmila | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bismula | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bismullaha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bushmila | 75 | 13 | / |
| Bismeela | 75 | 3 | / |
| Besmelah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bismulla | 75 | 1 | / |
| Besmullah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhismeela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Besmela | 67 | 5 | / |
| Besmeley | 50 | 1 | / |
Bismilah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bismilah in the Hindi language | ||
| बिस्मिलाह | bismilaha | 83.01 |
| बिस्मीलाह | bismilaha | 9.8 |
| बिस्मिलह | bismilaha | 3.27 |
| बीस्मीलाह | bismilaha | 1.31 |
| बिस्मिल्ह | bismil'ha | 0.65 |
| बिस्मिल्लाह | bismillaha | 0.65 |
| बीस्मिलाह | bismilaha | 0.65 |
| बिसमिलाह | bisamilaha | 0.65 |
| Bismilah in the Marathi language | ||
| मीलाह | milaha | 50 |
| मीलहा | milaha | 50 |
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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 Bismilah
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