Firdowsi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Firdowsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firdowsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Firdowsi (68) may also be a first name.

Firdowsi Last Name Facts

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

Firdowsi occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Firdowsi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Firdowsi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Firdowsi live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 68 people.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Firdowsi is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 75 percent live and Kerala, where 25 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferdowsi8811,187/
Firdawsi8828/
Firdovsi883/
Firdowse881/
Firdowsa881/
Ferdowshi82632/
Ferdhowsi824/
Firdawssi822/
Ferdawsi752,166/
Ferdowsy751,445/
Firdavsi7525/
Ferdowse7510/
Firdawse754/
Firdawsa754/
Ferdovsi752/
Ferdowsa751/
Ferdowsee715/
Ferdowchi714/
Firdawsse714/
Firdavsiy713/
Ferdawshi712/
Phirdawsi711/
Ferduwshi711/
Ferdawsy63541/
Firdawcy63145/
Ferdawse631/
Ferdawsey595/
Ferdawsse594/
Ferdhowcy591/

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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 Firdowsi
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