Goswani Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Goswani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goswani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2441:3,143,71192,729
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Goswani Last Name Facts

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

Goswani (Hindi: गोस्वामी, Marathi: गोसवानी) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goswani.

How Common Is The Last Name Goswani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Goswani is the 983,245th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Goswani reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Goswani is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 3,143,711. In India Goswani is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 39 percent reside, Delhi, where 14 percent reside and Bihar, where 12 percent reside. Aside from India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Goswani Last Name Statistics demography

Goswani earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.3% less than the national average, earning $23,604 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Goswani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goswani in the Marathi language
गोसवानीgosavani-
Goswani in the Hindi language
गोस्वामीgosvami85.71
गोसबानीgosabani14.29

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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 Goswani
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