Gandhar Surname
Approximately 3,254 people bear this surname
Gandhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,250 | 1:236,020 | 13,787 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gandhar (819) may also be a first name.
Gandhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gandhar (Bengali: গন্ধর, Hindi: गन्धार, Marathi: गंधार, Oriya: ଗର) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandhar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 137,661st most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,239,565 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gandhar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 285,591st most widely held first name globally, held by 819 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is held by 3,250 people, or 1 in 236,020. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 91 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 3 percent reside and Manipur, where 2 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside and Nepal, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gandhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gandhar in the Bengali language | ||
| গন্ধর | gandhara | - |
| Gandhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗର | gara | 75.86 |
| ଗାାର | gaara | 20.69 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 3.45 |
| Gandhar in the Marathi language | ||
| गंधार | gandhara | 45.73 |
| गंधर | gandhara | 23.12 |
| गंगाधर | gangadhara | 12.06 |
| गांधार | gandhara | 10.55 |
| गांधर | gandhara | 2.01 |
| गंधारे़ | gandhare | 1.01 |
| गंधऱ | gandhara | 1.01 |
| गंगाराम | gangarama | 0.5 |
| ीधर | idhara | 0.5 |
| गदाधर | gadadhara | 0.5 |
| गााधार | gaadhara | 0.5 |
| गंधारी | gandhari | 0.5 |
| Gandhar in the Hindi language | ||
| गन्धार | gandhara | 33.77 |
| गंधार | gandhara | 31.17 |
| गंधर | gandhara | 10.39 |
| गान्धार | gandhara | 9.09 |
| गांधार | gandhara | 7.79 |
| गन्धर | gandhara | 5.19 |
| गान्धर | gandhara | 1.3 |
| गांधर | gandhara | 1.3 |
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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 Gandhar
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