Gandharv Surname
Approximately 2,086 people bear this surname
Gandharv Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 1,619 | 1:17,592 | 887 |
| India | 457 | 1:1,678,480 | 60,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gandharv (2,526) may also be a first name.
Gandharv Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandharv Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandharv (Hindi: गन्धर्व, Marathi: गंधवर्) occurs most in Nepal. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandharv? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 200,147th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,493,550 people. The last name Gandharv occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gandharv reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gandharv is also the 146,758th most prevalent given name in the world, held by 2,526 people.
The surname Gandharv is most frequently occurring in Nepal, where it is carried by 1,619 people, or 1 in 17,592. In Nepal Gandharv is most prevalent in: Lumbini, where 35 percent reside, Rapti, where 24 percent reside and Gandaki, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nepal this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gandharv Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gandharv in the Marathi language | ||
| गंधवर् | gandhavar | 91.39 |
| जाधव | jadhava | 6.7 |
| गंधव | gandhava | 1.44 |
| गांधवर् | gandhavar | 0.48 |
| Gandharv in the Hindi language | ||
| गन्धर्व | gandharva | 66.97 |
| गंधर्व | gandharva | 28.05 |
| गन्दर्व | gandarva | 0.9 |
| गन्धर्भ | gandharbha | 0.45 |
| गंर्धवा | ganrdhava | 0.45 |
| गांधर्व | gandharva | 0.45 |
| गन्धरव | gandharava | 0.45 |
| गंध्रव | gandhrava | 0.45 |
| गर्न्धव | garndhava | 0.45 |
| गन्ध्ार्व | gandharva | 0.45 |
| गन्दर्भ | gandarbha | 0.45 |
| गन्घर्व | gangharva | 0.45 |
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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 Gandharv
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