Mahatm Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Mahatm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahatm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India311:24,744,045333,161
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Mahatm (942) may also be a first name.

Mahatm Last Name Facts

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

Mahatm (Hindi: महात्म, Marathi: महा) is most common in India. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Mahatm click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahatm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mahatm is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mahatm live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mahatm is also the 263,269th most numerous given name globally, held by 942 people.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 24,744,045. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 55 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Goa, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account India Mahatm occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hmahatm921/
Mhatm911/
Mahathme8615/
Mahattme861/
Maathm8328/
Mhatme836/
Matm802/
Mahthmm773/
Matme7311/
Mattm737/
Mathm732/
Maytm731/
Mautm731/
Maitm731/
Mahjteme711/
Maitem671,892/
Meatem6714/
Maytem672/
Mathme671/
Mathmm671/
Masstmm624/
Maithem621/
Maythem621/
Motm607/
Motme554/
Mettm551/
Moitem507/
Meytem501/

Mahatm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahatm in the Hindi language
महात्मmahatma51.85
महातमmahatama45.87
माहत्मmahatma1.14
महत्मmahatma0.57
महात्म्mahatm0.28
महातम्mahatam0.28
Mahatm in the Marathi language
महाmaha33.33
महत्मmahatma33.33
महात्मmahatma33.33

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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 Mahatm
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