Pasvani Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pasvani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pasvani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5361:28,8034,427
India741:10,365,748197,751
Greece91:1,231,08885,267
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Pasvani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pasvani (Hindi: पासवानी, Marathi: पासवानी) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pasvani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pasvani is the 523,789th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname Pasvani occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Pasvani live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 536 people, or 1 in 28,803. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 37 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 21 percent are found and Harare Province, where 15 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent are found and Greece, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pasvanis9357/
Pasvanhi937/
Paisvani932/
Patsvani931/
Payshvani881/
Paswani86292/
Pasvana86218/
Pasuani8650/
Pasvane867/
Pasvanj861/
Pasvanh861/
Posvani861/
Phaswani8013/
Pashvana809/
Pashwani804/
Pasvanha801/
Paaswani801/
Passbani801/
Patswani801/
Phatswani7512/
Paaswaani751/
Paswana71104/
Paswane7122/
Paswanh718/
Paswanj717/
Pasuoni711/
Phatshwani711/
Phaswana675,998/
Phaswane671,372/
Pachvane6741/
Paswaana675/
Pasbaneh672/
Passuane671/
Pasbanne671/
Paswaanh671/

Pasvani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pasvani in the Marathi language
पासवानीpasavani79.49
वानीvani12.82
वाणीvani5.13
वासवानीvasavani2.56
Pasvani in the Hindi language
पासवानीpasavani33.33
पासवानpasavana33.33
पासवनीpasavani33.33

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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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  • 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 Pasvani
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