Nanavati Surname

120,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,800 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Nanavati Surname User-submission:

People with this last name were in the business of lending money and accounting. Nana = 'money'; vati = 'people who kept account of money'.

Nanavati Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,9031:264,23215,179
United States5291:685,17854,430
England1161:480,32831,110
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Canada381:969,62173,252
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Qatar91:262,00030,726
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
China21:683,660,78330,601
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nanavati (1,005) may also be a first name.

Nanavati Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

People with this last name were in the business of lending money and accounting. Nana = 'money'; vati = 'people who kept account of money'.

- dhiren48

Nanavati Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanavati (Hindi: नानावटी, Marathi: नानावटी) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nanavati.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanavati? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 120,637th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,917,775 people. Nanavati occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Nanavati live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nanavati is also the 253,774th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 1,005 people.

The last name Nanavati is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 2,903 people, or 1 in 264,232. In India Nanavati is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 49 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 42 percent reside and Karnataka, where 1 percent reside. Other than India Nanavati occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Nanavati Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nanavati are 11.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.02% registered with the party.

The amount Nanavati earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 60.03% more than the national average, earning $69,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.47% more than the national average, earning $63,827 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanavati Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanavati in the Marathi language
नानावटीnanavati89.2
नानावाटीnanavati3.22
नानावतीnanavati3.22
नाणावटीnanavati1.74
नानाविटnanavita0.8
नानवटीnanavati0.4
ननावटीnanavati0.27
नणवतीnanavati0.27
नानावरीnanavari0.27
नानवतीnanavati0.13
नानावितnanavita0.13
नानावातीnanavati0.07
Nanavati in the Hindi language
नानावटीnanavati52.38
नानवतीnanavati28.57
नानवातीnanavati4.76
नाणावटीnanavati4.76
नानावतीnanavati4.76
ननावतीnanavati4.76

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