Mahashan Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Mahashan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mahashan (105) may also be a first name.
Mahashan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahashan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahashan (Hindi: महशन, Marathi: महाशन, Oriya: ମହାଶନ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mahashan.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahashan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Mahashan is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Mahashan are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 920,134th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 105 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 75 percent live and West Bengal, where 25 percent live. Aside from India Mahashan exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahashan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahashan in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହାଶନ | mahasana | - |
| Mahashan in the Marathi language | ||
| महाशन | mahasana | - |
| Mahashan in the Hindi language | ||
| महशन | mahasana | 73.68 |
| महशान | mahasana | 15.79 |
| महाशान | mahasana | 5.26 |
| महाशन | mahasana | 5.26 |
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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 Mahashan
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