Gotwal Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Gotwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gotwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gotwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gotwal (Marathi: गोठवाल) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gotwal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gotwal live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 11,280,373. In India Gotwal is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 46 percent reside, Delhi, where 22 percent reside and Meghalaya, where 7 percent reside. Barring India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 5 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gotwal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gotwal in the Marathi language | ||
| गोठवाल | gothavala | 54.55 |
| गोटवाल | gotavala | 36.36 |
| गोपाल | gopala | 4.55 |
| गोतवाल | gotavala | 4.55 |
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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 Gotwal
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