Pandey Surname
Approximately 1,085,113 people bear this surname
Pandey Surname User-submission:
Pandey is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India. It is likely to be derived from Sanskrit word pandita, which means a 'spiritual scholar' or 'scholar'. The name Pandey (meaning pundit or Expert) indicated Brahmins who specialized in all 4 Vedas as well as Puranas and preaching vedic knowledge and conducting vedic practices.
Read More About This SurnamePandey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,021,399 | 1:751 | 76 |
| Nepal | 38,306 | 1:744 | 143 |
| Bangladesh | 3,695 | 1:43,128 | 2,485 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,582 | 1:2,558 | 310 |
| United States | 3,162 | 1:114,630 | 12,392 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,948 | 1:15,840 | 2,206 |
| Indonesia | 1,657 | 1:79,812 | 8,471 |
| Oman | 1,521 | 1:2,425 | 366 |
| Qatar | 1,479 | 1:1,594 | 128 |
| Ghana | 1,316 | 1:20,532 | 2,529 |
| Thailand | 1,048 | 1:67,403 | 8,650 |
| England | 997 | 1:55,886 | 6,770 |
| Kuwait | 685 | 1:5,548 | 756 |
| Australia | 671 | 1:40,232 | 5,196 |
| Canada | 544 | 1:67,731 | 7,803 |
| Singapore | 535 | 1:10,295 | 532 |
| Bahrain | 397 | 1:3,397 | 571 |
| Malaysia | 329 | 1:89,648 | 6,259 |
| South Africa | 146 | 1:371,080 | 33,514 |
| Germany | 140 | 1:575,039 | 46,885 |
| New Zealand | 127 | 1:35,656 | 6,115 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Japan | 97 | 1:1,317,982 | 22,938 |
| Poland | 87 | 1:436,882 | 45,306 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| China | 66 | 1:20,716,993 | 1,140 |
| Sweden | 54 | 1:182,347 | 12,605 |
| Denmark | 53 | 1:106,504 | 9,962 |
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Afghanistan | 36 | 1:893,144 | 8,921 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Finland | 30 | 1:183,223 | 15,926 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| South Korea | 26 | 1:1,970,779 | 449 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Norway | 21 | 1:244,871 | 26,357 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Bhutan | 9 | 1:68,449 | 728 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
The alternate forms: Páńdểý (4) & Pâñdéÿ (1) are calculated separately.
Pandey (5,271) may also be a first name.
Pandey Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Pandey is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India. It is likely to be derived from Sanskrit word pandita, which means a 'spiritual scholar' or 'scholar'. The name Pandey (meaning pundit or Expert) indicated Brahmins who specialized in all 4 Vedas as well as Puranas and preaching vedic knowledge and conducting vedic practices. The majority of Pandey bearers reside in the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
- sounak_kumar_pandeyPandey Demographics
Average Male Pandey Height
172.34 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pandey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pandey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pandey (Arabic: باندي, Bengali: পান্ডে, Hindi: पाण्डेय, Marathi: पांडे, Oriya: ପାେ, Russian: Пандей) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Páńdểý or Pâñdéÿ. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pandey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 488th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,716 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pandey are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 93,098th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 5,271 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 1,021,399 people, or 1 in 751. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 37 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 25 percent live and Jharkhand, where 13 percent live. Aside from India this surname is found in 128 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 4 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.
Pandey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pandey surname are 1.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Pandey earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning 268,842 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.66% more than the national average, earning R 336,636 per year; in United States they earn 24.07% more than the national average, earning $53,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.13% more than the national average, earning $60,181 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pandey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pandey in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାେ | pae | 99.53 |
| ପାଣ୍େତ | paneta | 0.25 |
| ପାଣ୍େଡ଼ | panera | 0.11 |
| ସନଯ୍ାଶି | sanayasi | 0.04 |
| ପଣୟ | panaya | 0.04 |
| ପାେୟଲ | paeyala | 0.04 |
| Pandey in the Hindi language | ||
| पाण्डेय | pandeya | 86.8 |
| पाण्डे | pande | 6.92 |
| पान्डेय | pandeya | 3.13 |
| पांडेय | pandeya | 1.57 |
| पांडे | pande | 0.36 |
| पान्डे | pande | 0.19 |
| चन्द्र | candra | 0.11 |
| पण्डेय | pandeya | 0.08 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.07 |
| पाण्डेय़ | pandeya | 0.05 |
| पाण्उेय | panueya | 0.02 |
| पाण्डये | pandaye | 0.02 |
| दत्त | datta | 0.02 |
| पाणडेय | panadeya | 0.01 |
| पाण्डंय | pandanya | 0.01 |
| पांण्डेय | panndeya | 0.01 |
| मोहन | mohana | 0.01 |
| पाएडेय | pa'edeya | 0.01 |
| चंद्र | candra | 0.01 |
| बल्लभ | ballabha | 0.01 |
| प्रसाद | prasada | 0.01 |
| पाण्ढेय | pandheya | 0.01 |
| पन्डेय | pandeya | 0.01 |
| पाण्डैय | pandaiya | 0.01 |
| पान्देय | pandeya | 0.01 |
| पाडेय | padeya | 0.01 |
| पाण्ड़ेय | panreya | 0.01 |
| पाण्डेंय | pandenya | 0.01 |
| पाण्डश्य | pandasya | 0 |
| नन्दन | nandana | 0 |
| गणेश | ganesa | 0 |
| पांडॆय | pandeya | 0 |
| पान्डंे | pandame | 0 |
| पांडेेय | pandeeya | 0 |
| पॉण्डे | ponde | 0 |
| पाण्डेश् | pandes | 0 |
| पंदेयं | pandeyam | 0 |
| पाण्डिया | pandiya | 0 |
| पाडेणय | padenaya | 0 |
| प़ाण्डेय | paandeya | 0 |
| चन्द्र् | candr | 0 |
| पाण्ेय | paneya | 0 |
| पांण्ड़ेय | pannreya | 0 |
| पण्डिय | pandiya | 0 |
| वाण्डेय | vandeya | 0 |
| पान्डे़ | pande | 0 |
| पान्उेय | panueya | 0 |
| पांडेश्य | pandesya | 0 |
| पॉंण्डे | ponnde | 0 |
| पाण्डेश | pandesa | 0 |
| पाण्डा | panda | 0 |
| पाण्ेडय | panedaya | 0 |
| पाण्डेण्ा | pandena | 0 |
| पाण्इय | paniya | 0 |
| पांडेण्य | pandenya | 0 |
| पान्डॆय़ | pandeya | 0 |
| पांड्ये | pandye | 0 |
| पाएडे | pa'ede | 0 |
| पण्उेय | panueya | 0 |
| पाण्डॆ्य | pandeya | 0 |
| पांडंे | pandame | 0 |
| पान्इेय | panieya | 0 |
| पांडेय् | pandey | 0 |
| पॉंडे | ponde | 0 |
| पान्डेय् | pandey | 0 |
| पांण्डेया | panndeya | 0 |
| चनद्र | canadra | 0 |
| पाण्ंडेय | panndeya | 0 |
| पांडेंय | pandenya | 0 |
| पान्डॆय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डया | pandaya | 0 |
| पाण्डेस | pandesa | 0 |
| पाएउेय | pa'eueya | 0 |
| पंाडेय | pamadeya | 0 |
| पाण्ड्ेय | pandeya | 0 |
| ाण्डेय | andeya | 0 |
| पाण्ड | panda | 0 |
| पान्डेय़़ | pandeya | 0 |
| नाण्डेय | nandeya | 0 |
| पाण्येय | panyeya | 0 |
| पान्डये | pandaye | 0 |
| पाण्डेय़़़ | pandeya | 0 |
| पांडै | pandai | 0 |
| पाण्डेश्य | pandesya | 0 |
| पंाडे | pamade | 0 |
| पाण्डी़ | pandi | 0 |
| ़पाण्डेय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाणेय | paneya | 0 |
| पाण्डंे | pandame | 0 |
| पांड़ेय | panreya | 0 |
| पाण्डेय़ | pandeya | 0 |
| पाडेंय | padenya | 0 |
| पााण्डे | paande | 0 |
| पाण्डेच | pandeca | 0 |
| पांडैय | pandaiya | 0 |
| पाण्डॆय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्ड़े | panre | 0 |
| पाण्डेेय | pandeeya | 0 |
| प्पाण्डेय | ppandeya | 0 |
| पाण्ये | panye | 0 |
| ण्डेय | ndeya | 0 |
| पांन्डे | pannde | 0 |
| पाॅंडे | paende | 0 |
| पांदेय | pandeya | 0 |
| पन्देय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डेय् | pandey | 0 |
| पाण्डं | pandam | 0 |
| पाण़्डेय | panadeya | 0 |
| पानडेय | panadeya | 0 |
| पायडेय | payadeya | 0 |
| पांन्डेय | panndeya | 0 |
| पाँडे | pamde | 0 |
| पाण््डेय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डेय़़ | pandeya | 0 |
| पाडें | padem | 0 |
| पाश्ण्डे | pasnde | 0 |
| पांडेय़ | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डेयं | pandeyam | 0 |
| पण्डे | pande | 0 |
| पाण्डें | pandem | 0 |
| नन्द | nanda | 0 |
| पंडेय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डय | pandaya | 0 |
| पाण्उैय | panuaiya | 0 |
| पाण्डेे | pandee | 0 |
| पाण्डे़ | pande | 0 |
| पाण्डै | pandai | 0 |
| पाण्डे़य | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्देय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाडेण्य | padenya | 0 |
| पांण्डे | pannde | 0 |
| पंदेय | pandeya | 0 |
| पाण्डेया | pandeya | 0 |
| पाँडेय | pamdeya | 0 |
| Pandey in the Bengali language | ||
| পান্ডে | pande | 50 |
| পাণ্ডে | pande | 50 |
| Pandey in the Marathi language | ||
| पांडे | pande | 39.51 |
| पांडेय | pandeya | 23.29 |
| पाण्डेय | pandeya | 14.78 |
| पांडये | pandaye | 5.5 |
| डेय | deya | 4.96 |
| पान्डेय | pandeya | 3.6 |
| पाण् | pan | 2.08 |
| पांण्डेय | panndeya | 1.26 |
| पाण्डे | pande | 0.48 |
| पान्डे | pande | 0.39 |
| पांन्डेय | panndeya | 0.35 |
| पानडे | panade | 0.18 |
| पाडेय | padeya | 0.18 |
| पांन्डे | pannde | 0.14 |
| पाण्डये | pandaye | 0.13 |
| पांण्डे | pannde | 0.13 |
| पंदेय | pandeya | 0.11 |
| पांडॆ | pande | 0.09 |
| संध्या | sandhya | 0.09 |
| पाण्डय | pandaya | 0.08 |
| पाणडेय | panadeya | 0.07 |
| पांडै | pandai | 0.07 |
| पांङे | panne | 0.05 |
| पाण्डॆय | pandeya | 0.05 |
| पांडेण्य | pandenya | 0.05 |
| पन्देय | pandeya | 0.05 |
| पंडेय | pandeya | 0.04 |
| पान्दे | pande | 0.04 |
| पांण्डये | panndaye | 0.04 |
| पाडय | padaya | 0.04 |
| पंडीत | pandita | 0.04 |
| पान्डये | pandaye | 0.04 |
| पांदे | pande | 0.04 |
| पाण्डेया | pandeya | 0.03 |
| पाण्डॆ | pande | 0.03 |
| पांडया | pandaya | 0.03 |
| पाडये | padaye | 0.03 |
| पांडेाची | pandeaci | 0.03 |
| पान्देय | pandeya | 0.03 |
| पांडेान | pandeana | 0.02 |
| पंडया | pandaya | 0.02 |
| पांदेय | pandeya | 0.02 |
| पानदे | panade | 0.02 |
| पंाडे | pamade | 0.02 |
| पांडेाने | pandeane | 0.02 |
| पाण्डॆय़ | pandeya | 0.02 |
| पान्डेस | pandesa | 0.01 |
| चान्दे | cande | 0.01 |
| पंडसे | pandase | 0.01 |
| पादेवी | padevi | 0.01 |
| पांधे | pandhe | 0.01 |
| पाळेय | paleya | 0.01 |
| पानदेय | panadeya | 0.01 |
| पांड़े | panre | 0.01 |
| पनदेय | panadeya | 0.01 |
| पांडेाि | pandeai | 0.01 |
| चांदे | cande | 0.01 |
| सन्ध्या | sandhya | 0.01 |
| पांडेजी | pandeji | 0.01 |
| पाण्येय | panyeya | 0.01 |
| पचंद | pacanda | 0.01 |
| पांडेाज | pandeaja | 0.01 |
| पाण्डॅ | pande | 0.01 |
| पांण्डॆ | pannde | 0.01 |
| पांडू | pandu | 0.01 |
| पांडेया | pandeya | 0.01 |
| पंडे | pande | 0.01 |
| पांडंे | pandame | 0.01 |
| चांडेय | candeya | 0.01 |
| पाण्डेय़ | pandeya | 0.01 |
| पान्डया | pandaya | 0.01 |
| पांडु | pandu | 0.01 |
| पांडेयं | pandeyam | 0.01 |
| पानडेय | panadeya | 0.01 |
| पडेया | padeya | 0.01 |
| पांडं | pandam | 0.01 |
| राधेय | radheya | 0.01 |
| पांडॆय | pandeya | 0.01 |
| पान्डय | pandaya | 0.01 |
| पान्दॆ | pande | 0.01 |
| पडेय | padeya | 0.01 |
| पेडणे | pedane | 0.01 |
| पांडेये | pandeye | 0.01 |
| पांडॅ | pande | 0.01 |
| पदेय | padeya | 0.01 |
| पन्दे | pande | 0.01 |
| पंडू | pandu | 0.01 |
| पांढे | pandhe | 0.01 |
| पांदी | pandi | 0 |
| Pandey in the Russian language | ||
| Пандей | pandej | - |
| Pandey in the Arabic language | ||
| باندي | bandy | - |
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