Kashayap Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kashayap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kashayap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4651:1,649,60360,243
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Kashayap (17) may also be a first name.

Kashayap Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kashayap (Hindi: कशयप, Marathi: काशयप, Oriya: କାଶଯ୍ପ) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kashayap click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kashayap? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 643,972nd most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kashayap live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kashayap is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

Kashayap is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 1,649,603. In India Kashayap is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 34 percent are found, Delhi, where 24 percent are found and Bihar, where 20 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kashayap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kashayap in the Oriya language
କାଶଯ୍ପkasaypa-
Kashayap in the Marathi language
काशयपkasayapa75
काशयापkasayapa25
Kashayap in the Hindi language
कशयपkasayapa68.33
कश्यपkasyapa30
कष्यपkasyapa0.83
कश्ायपkasayapa0.83

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kashayap
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