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Where Does The Last Name Biswas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Biswas (Bengali: বিশ্বাস, Hindi: विश्वास, Marathi: बीसवास, Oriya: ବିାସ, Tibetan: བིས་ཝས་) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Biswas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 180^th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,457 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Biswas live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Biswas is also the 93,573^rd most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 5,227 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2,256,464 people, or 1 in 340. In India Biswas is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 88 percent live, Assam, where 7 percent live and Tripura, where 2 percent live. Besides India this surname exists in 96 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Biswas Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Biswas surname are 1.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.28% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Biswas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 77.18% less than the national average, earning €6,852 per year; in Norway they earn 12.25% more than the national average, earning 388,489 kr per year; in United States they earn 22.86% more than the national average, earning $53,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.27% more than the national average, earning $50,810 CAD per year.