Kushvaha Surname
Approximately 83,283 people bear this surname
Kushvaha Surname User-submission:
The origin of the Maurya surname is very complicated. It originated from the king, Chandragupta Maurya. In history the origin of the Maurya surname can be divided into two facts. One fact says one thing, history says another. The facts says that Chandragupta Maurya belonged to the Kshatriya Shakya clan, the Moriyas, which belong to the the Himalayas regions (Pippalivana) on the India and Nepal border.
Read More About This SurnameKushvaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 83,256 | 1:9,213 | 764 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kushvaha (114) may also be a first name.
Kushvaha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The origin of the Maurya surname is very complicated. It originated from the king, Chandragupta Maurya. In history the origin of the Maurya surname can be divided into two facts. One fact says one thing, history says another. The facts says that Chandragupta Maurya belonged to the Kshatriya Shakya clan, the Moriyas, which belong to the the Himalayas regions (Pippalivana) on the India and Nepal border. The Moriya clan, called Maurya Chandragupta; Maurya's mother's name was Mura. Mura belongs to the Moriya clan; perhaps she was queen (chief) of the Moriya clan. Her place where she lived, Peacock (in Hindi: Mor) like structure was called Moriya. After the death of Chandragupta Maurya's father, she migrated with his family to Pataliputra, India, where Chandragupta meet Chankya, his teacher.
All belong to at the present time to the Koiri subcaste. In some regions this is called Verma, Kushwaha, Saini, Maurya or Shakya. This is mainly in Uttar Pradesh, India. In Uttar Pradesh, a city, like in Varanasi - this is called Maurya; a city, like Ghazipur - this is called Kushwaha; a city like Mau and Ballia - this is called Verma; and in Western Uttar Pradesh - this is called Shakya and Saini. In Hariyana state, this is called Shaini. In Bihar, this is called Mahto, Kushwaha and Kachhi and in the country Nepal, this is called Shakya. This is distributed in India statewise: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Hariyana, Maharashtra and all over India and Nepal.
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Where Does The Last Name Kushvaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kushvaha (Hindi: कुशवाहा, Marathi: कुशवाहा) is most common in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kushvaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,795th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,503 people. The last name Kushvaha occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kushvaha reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 877,214th most common given name worldwide, borne by 114 people.
The last name Kushvaha is most common in India, where it is held by 83,256 people, or 1 in 9,213. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 29 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 13 percent reside. Apart from India Kushvaha is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kushvaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kushvaha in the Marathi language | ||
| कुशवाहा | kusavaha | 95.78 |
| कुशवाह | kusavaha | 1.37 |
| कुशवाट | kusavata | 0.14 |
| कुशावाह | kusavaha | 0.14 |
| बुसवाह | busavaha | 0.14 |
| कुशवहाँ | kusavaham | 0.07 |
| कुशावहा | kusavaha | 0.07 |
| कुशवहा | kusavaha | 0.07 |
| कुशवाहॉ | kusavaho | 0.07 |
| कुसवाहा | kusavaha | 0.07 |
| कुसवाह | kusavaha | 0.07 |
| Kushvaha in the Hindi language | ||
| कुशवाहा | kusavaha | 95.62 |
| कुश्वाहा | kusvaha | 3.6 |
| कुशवहा | kusavaha | 0.53 |
| कुशवाह | kusavaha | 0.12 |
| कुशवााहा | kusavaaha | 0.03 |
| कुशवाहाा | kusavahaa | 0.02 |
| कुश्वहा | kusvaha | 0.02 |
| कुष्वाहा | kusvaha | 0.01 |
| कु़शवाहा | kusavaha | 0.01 |
| अवध | avadha | 0 |
| कुश्वाह | kusvaha | 0 |
| कुशवाहा़ | kusavaha | 0 |
| कुशवा | kusava | 0 |
| कूश्वाहा | kusvaha | 0 |
| कुशवाहाअ | kusavaha'a | 0 |
| ुशवाहा | usavaha | 0 |
| कुशहाहा | kusahaha | 0 |
| कूशवाहा | kusavaha | 0 |
| कुश़्वाहा | kusavaha | 0 |
| कुषवाहा | kusavaha | 0 |
| कुश्ावाहा | kusavaha | 0 |
| कुशवाहां | kusavaham | 0 |
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