Bistu Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Bistu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 496 | 1:1,546,503 | 57,653 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
The alternate forms: Bîștu (1) are calculated separately.
Bistu (3,935) may also be a first name.
Bistu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bistu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bistu (Bengali: বিস্টু, Hindi: बिस्तू, Oriya: ବିବ୍ୁ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bîștu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bistu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bistu is the 596,518th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bistu live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bistu is also the 111,567th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 3,935 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 496 people, or 1 in 1,546,503. In India Bistu is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 85 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 10 percent are found and Telangana, where 2 percent are found. Besides India Bistu is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bistu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bistu in the Bengali language | ||
| বিস্টু | bistu | - |
| Bistu in the Hindi language | ||
| बिस्तू | bistu | 66.67 |
| बिस्तु | bistu | 33.33 |
| Bistu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିବ୍ୁ | bibu | 50 |
| ବିୁ | biu | 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 Bistu
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