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
Nitish (Bengali: নিতীশ, Hindi: नितिश, Marathi: िनतीश, Oriya: ନିତିଶ, Russian: Нитиш) is most common in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nitish? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 761,666th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname Nitish is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Nitish live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 10,049th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 101,536 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 2,506,750. In India Nitish is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found, Telangana, where 22 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 8 percent are found. Excluding India this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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