Mahista Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Mahista Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahista Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Mahista (38) may also be a first name.

Mahista Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mahista (Hindi: महिस्ता, Oriya: ମାହିା) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahista? popularity and diffusion

Mahista is the 3,432,070th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mahista live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name internationally, held by 38 people.

The last name Mahista is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 4,266,103. In Indonesia Mahista is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 52 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 42 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 6 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mahistad9311/
Mahesta86200/
Maijesta804/
Mohistad800/
Maesta77374/
Maestad7136/
Mehisto7128/
Mahesto7114/
Maestat713/
Möistad711/
Maesthat677/
Maestais673/
Maesteas672/
Meaestas671/
Moesta62487/
Maesto6262/
Maestá629/
Maestà621/
Maezta621/
Maestos575/
Mooisto571/
Maheshtoust5614/
Mohestos530/
Meiyestop507/

Mahista Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahista in the Oriya language
ମାହିାmahia-
Mahista in the Hindi language
महिस्ताmahista50
महिसताmahisata50

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mahista
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