Devkant Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Devkant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Devkant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4741:1,618,28159,415
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Devkant (1,381) may also be a first name.

Devkant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Devkant (Hindi: देवकान्त, Marathi: देवकांत) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Devkant? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 640,141st most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Devkant reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Devkant is also the 210,702nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 1,381 people.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 1,618,281. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent live, Bihar, where 0 percent live and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where 0 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Devkant Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Devkant in the Marathi language
देवकांतdevakanta97.66
िवांतivanta0.2
देवयानीdevayani0.2
केकानkekana0.1
देवकातेdevakate0.1
Devkant in the Hindi language
देवकान्तdevakanta90.26
देवकांतdevakanta7.69
देवकन्तdevakanta1.03
देव्कांतdevkanta0.51

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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 Devkant
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