Kuswah Surname
Approximately 2,560 people bear this surname
Kuswah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 2,001 | 1:14,233 | 813 |
| India | 546 | 1:1,404,882 | 53,908 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
Kuswah (25) may also be a first name.
Kuswah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuswah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuswah (Hindi: कुशवाह, Marathi: कुसवाह) is borne by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuswah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 168,729th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,846,698 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kuswah live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kuswah is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nepal, where it is carried by 2,001 people, or 1 in 14,233. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Narayani, where 90 percent are found, Janakpur, where 5 percent are found and Lumbini, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nepal this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuswah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuswah in the Marathi language | ||
| कुसवाह | kusavaha | 94.12 |
| कुशवाह | kusavaha | 5.88 |
| Kuswah in the Hindi language | ||
| कुशवाह | kusavaha | 76.92 |
| कुशवाहा | kusavaha | 3.85 |
| कुशबाह | kusabaha | 3.85 |
| कुश्वाह् | kusvah | 3.85 |
| कुश्वाहा | kusvaha | 3.85 |
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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 Kuswah
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