Paswani Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Paswani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paswani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2401:64,3269,676
India421:18,263,461278,402
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Paswani (69) may also be a first name.

Paswani Last Name Facts

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

Paswani (Hindi: पेशवानी, Marathi: पासवािन) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Paswani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 910,497th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Paswani are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 69 people.

This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 64,326. In Zimbabwe Paswani is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 35 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 22 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Paswani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paswani in the Hindi language
पेशवानीpesavani-
Paswani in the Marathi language
पासवािनpasavaina23.53
पासवानीpasavani23.53
पासवाणीpasavani23.53
पसवानीpasavani17.65
पसवनीpasavani11.76

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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 Paswani
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