Gonswami Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Gonswami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gonswami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India321:23,970,793327,222
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gonswami Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gonswami is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gonswami? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Gonswami live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Gonswami is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 23,970,793. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 56 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 44 percent reside. Excluding India it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gonswami
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