Nitish Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Nitish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 306 | 1:2,506,750 | 79,964 |
| Latvia | 50 | 1:41,001 | 6,251 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nitish (101,536) may also be a first name.
Nitish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nitish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nitish (Bengali: নিতীশ, Hindi: नितिश, Marathi: िनतीश, Oriya: ନିତିଶ, Russian: Нитиш) is most common in India. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nitish.
How Common Is The Last Name Nitish? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Nitish reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 10,049th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 101,536 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 2,506,750. In India Nitish is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found, Telangana, where 22 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 8 percent are found. Barring India this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 13 percent are found and Mauritius, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nitish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nitish in the Marathi language | ||
| िनतीश | inatisa | 69.64 |
| िनितश | initasa | 24.6 |
| िनतीष | inatisa | 2.79 |
| नीतीश | nitisa | 1.24 |
| िनितष | initasa | 1.17 |
| िनतीशा | inatisa | 0.11 |
| ितीश | itisa | 0.08 |
| नीतीष | nitisa | 0.08 |
| नैतीश | naitisa | 0.08 |
| नीितश | niitasa | 0.08 |
| िनतिश | inatisa | 0.04 |
| नीतेश | nitesa | 0.04 |
| नीितष | niitasa | 0.04 |
| िमतीश | imatisa | 0.04 |
| Nitish in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିତିଶ | nitisa | 68.02 |
| ନିତୀଶ | nitisa | 9.76 |
| ନୀତିଶ | nitisa | 8.13 |
| ନିତିସ | nitisa | 2.71 |
| ନିତିଷ | nitisa | 2.71 |
| ନିତିଶ୍ | nitis | 1.9 |
| ନିତିଶର | nitisara | 1.63 |
| ନିତୀଷ | nitisa | 0.54 |
| ନୀତୀଶ | nitisa | 0.54 |
| ନିତିଶି | nitisi | 0.54 |
| ନୀତିଷ | nitisa | 0.54 |
| ନୀତିଶ୍ | nitis | 0.54 |
| ନିତିଓ | niti'o | 0.27 |
| ନିତିସର | nitisara | 0.27 |
| ନିତୀଶ୍ | nitis | 0.27 |
| ନିଟିଶ | nitisa | 0.27 |
| ନିତିୀଶ | nitiisa | 0.27 |
| ନିତିଶ୍ର | nitisra | 0.27 |
| Nitish in the Hindi language | ||
| नितिश | nitisa | 50.06 |
| नितीश | nitisa | 31.39 |
| नीतीश | nitisa | 8.45 |
| नीतिश | nitisa | 7.78 |
| नितिष | nitisa | 0.96 |
| नितीष | nitisa | 0.69 |
| नीतीष | nitisa | 0.19 |
| नीतिष | nitisa | 0.12 |
| नितेश | nitesa | 0.07 |
| नितिश् | nitis | 0.03 |
| नितीश्ा | nitisa | 0.03 |
| नीतीश् | nitis | 0.03 |
| नितीश् | nitis | 0.02 |
| नीतिश् | nitis | 0.02 |
| नितशि | nitasi | 0.02 |
| नितीस | nitisa | 0.02 |
| नीजिश | nijisa | 0.01 |
| नतिशि | natisi | 0.01 |
| नितित | nitita | 0.01 |
| निनिश | ninisa | 0.01 |
| नितिशश | nitisasa | 0.01 |
| नितषि | nitasi | 0.01 |
| नितिीश | nitiisa | 0.01 |
| लितिश | litisa | 0.01 |
| नितिस | nitisa | 0.01 |
| नितिय | nitiya | 0.01 |
| नितीश़ | nitisa | 0.01 |
| निटिश | nitisa | 0.01 |
| नितीष् | nitis | 0.01 |
| नितिन | nitina | 0.01 |
| Nitish in the Bengali language | ||
| নিতীশ | nitisa | 49 |
| নীতিশ | nitisa | 24.67 |
| নিতিশ | nitisa | 23.33 |
| নিতীষ | nitisa | 0.67 |
| নীতীশ | nitisa | 0.67 |
| নিথিশ | nithisa | 0.33 |
| ণিতিশ | nitisa | 0.33 |
| নিতিস | nitisa | 0.33 |
| Nitish in the Russian language | ||
| Нитиш | nitis | - |
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Footnotes
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