Nishantha Surname
Approximately 22,291 people bear this surname
Nishantha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 21,854 | 1:952 | 111 |
| United Arab Emirates | 187 | 1:48,996 | 4,914 |
| Qatar | 100 | 1:23,580 | 2,513 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Nishantha (68,566) may also be a first name.
Nishantha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishantha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nishantha is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishantha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nishantha is the 24,265th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 326,928 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nishantha reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 14,111th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 68,566 people.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 21,854 people, or 1 in 952. Beside Sri Lanka this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisantha | 94 | 296 | / |
| Nishanta | 94 | 144 | / |
| Nishanthi | 89 | 2,329 | / |
| Nichantha | 89 | 23 | / |
| Nishanthe | 89 | 9 | / |
| Nishannta | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nishanthy | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nissantha | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nisanta | 88 | 9 | / |
| Noichantha | 84 | 1,202 | / |
| Naisanthat | 84 | 115 | / |
| Naichantha | 84 | 82 | / |
| Nuichantha | 84 | 82 | / |
| Nitchantha | 84 | 59 | / |
| Naisanthad | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nishantash | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nishanti | 82 | 18 | / |
| Neshanta | 82 | 3 | / |
| Nisanthi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nichanta | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nishanto | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nissanta | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nisanthy | 82 | 1 | / |
| Naisanta | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nishante | 82 | 1 | / |
| Noichanta | 78 | 59 | / |
| Naisianta | 78 | 1 | / |
| Naisantad | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nesanthea | 78 | 1 | / |
| Naisantai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nusanta | 75 | 40 | / |
| Nisanti | 75 | 36 | / |
| Nisanto | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nisanty | 75 | 1 | / |
| Netchantha | 74 | 695 | / |
| Naisanti | 71 | 99 | / |
| Nichante | 71 | 76 | / |
| Nişantaş | 71 | 37 | / |
| Noisanti | 71 | 23 | / |
| Nissanto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nissanti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neshante | 71 | 1 | / |
| Noisonthi | 67 | 81 | / |
| Netchanthaat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Naisontad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngesantea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neshonthe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nishantha
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