Bswas Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Bswas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bswas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1781:4,309,356113,912
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bswas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bswas Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bswas (Oriya: ବ୍ାସ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bswas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bswas is the 1,252,959th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bswas live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 4,309,356. In India Bswas is most frequent in: Assam, where 44 percent reside, West Bengal, where 38 percent reside and Kerala, where 11 percent reside. Besides India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjswas914/
Bshwas913/
Bhswas912/
Bswash911/
Bìswas911/
Bsvas803/
Bsbas801/
Vshwas734/
Bswosh731/
Bshbais6726/
Psuas601/
Vshvas551/
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Bswas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bswas in the Oriya language
ବ୍ାସbasa-

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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 Bswas
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