Pashawan Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Pashawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pashawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4191:1,830,70564,696
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pashawan Last Name Facts

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

Pashawan (Hindi: पासवान, Oriya: ପାଶୱାନ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pashawan.

How Common Is The Last Name Pashawan? popularity and diffusion

Pashawan is the 701,000th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. Pashawan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pashawan are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 1,830,705. In India Pashawan is primarily found in: Odisha, where 86 percent are found, Bihar, where 8 percent are found and West Bengal, where 4 percent are found. Besides India this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pashawan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pashawan in the Oriya language
ପାଶୱାନpasawana88.89
ପାଶୱାନ୍pasawan3.97
ପଶୱାନpasawana1.98
ଶୁପାଶୱାନsupasawana0.79
ମୁପାଶୱାନmupasawana0.79
ପାଶଓାନpasaoana0.79
ସୁପାଶୱାନsupasawana0.4
ପାସୱାନpasawana0.4
Pashawan in the Hindi language
पासवानpasavana66.67
पाशवानpasavana33.33

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pashawan
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