Kusawah Surname
Approximately 16,063 people bear this surname
Kusawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 15,955 | 1:1,785 | 260 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
Kusawah (74) may also be a first name.
Kusawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kusawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kusawah (Hindi: कुशवाह्, Marathi: कुसवाह, Oriya: କୁସୱାହ) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kusawah? popularity and diffusion
Kusawah is the 33,064th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 453,685 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kusawah reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 74 people.
The last name Kusawah is most commonly held in Nepal, where it is borne by 15,955 people, or 1 in 1,785. In Nepal Kusawah is most prevalent in: Narayani, where 73 percent live, Janakpur, where 21 percent live and Koshi, where 3 percent live. Barring Nepal this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kusawah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kusawah in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁସୱାହ | kusawaha | - |
| Kusawah in the Marathi language | ||
| कुसवाह | kusavaha | 77.78 |
| कुशवाह | kusavaha | 11.11 |
| कुसावाहा | kusavaha | 11.11 |
| Kusawah in the Hindi language | ||
| कुशवाह् | kusavah | 44.12 |
| कुसवाह | kusavaha | 2.94 |
| कूसवाहा | kusavaha | 2.94 |
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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 Kusawah
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