Davdas Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Davdas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Davdas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Davdas (38) may also be a first name.

Davdas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Davdas (Marathi: देवदास) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Davdas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Davdas is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Davdas live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Davdas is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 38 people.

The last name Davdas is most common in India, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 60 percent reside, Bihar, where 20 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 20 percent reside. Not including India it is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Davda914,710/
Davdai8355/
Dabdas837/
Dhavda837/
Dawdas832/
Davday832/
Davdha831/
Dauvda831/
Davdath772/
Dabdash771/
Daivdat771/
Dawda733,921/
Dabda73339/
Dafda73286/
Dovda73186/
Davdo7313/
Dhovda6715/
Dauwda6714/
Douvda6712/
Daufda673/
Dawdai672/
Dawdah672/
Dadfda671/
Dovdai671/
Dafdha671/
Dawday671/
Daphda671/
Dabdah671/
Deavdo670/

Davdas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Davdas in the Marathi language
देवदासdevadasa50
दावदासdavadasa16.67
दवदासdavadasa16.67
देिवदासdeivadasa16.67

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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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  • 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 Davdas
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