Gandarv Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Gandarv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gandarv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Nepal101:2,848,0969,545

Gandarv (145) may also be a first name.

Gandarv Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gandarv (Hindi: गन्दर्व, Marathi: गंदवर्) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gandarv? popularity and diffusion

Gandarv is the 4,116,508th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gandarv are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 766,399th most commonly used first name globally, held by 145 people.

Gandarv is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 38 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 38 percent reside and Delhi, where 8 percent reside. Outside of India Gandarv exists in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 43 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gandharv932,086/
Gandarb865/
Gandharw80228/
Gandharb8088/
Gandarbh8026/
Gandharp801/
Andarb771/
Gandharbh754/
Ganndharb751/
Gandorf7112/
Handarf711/
Gaundorf677/
Gandorff673/
Gandorfe671/

Gandarv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gandarv in the Hindi language
गन्दर्वgandarva-
Gandarv in the Marathi language
गंदवर्gandavar-

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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 Gandarv
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