Moonshi Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Moonshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Moonshi (63) may also be a first name.
Moonshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moonshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moonshi (Bengali: মুন্সী, Hindi: मून्शी) is borne by more people in Singapore than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moonshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Moonshi are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Moonshi is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread given name throughout the world, held by 63 people.
The surname is most widely held in Singapore, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 117,185. Apart from Singapore Moonshi exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moonshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moonshi in the Bengali language | ||
| মুন্সী | munsi | - |
| Moonshi in the Hindi language | ||
| मून्शी | munsi | 60 |
| मुून्शी | muunsi | 20 |
| मूनषि | munasi | 20 |
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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 Moonshi
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