Prashantha Surname

326,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Prashantha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prashantha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
India981:7,827,198166,253
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Prashantha (3,523) may also be a first name.

Prashantha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prashantha (Marathi: शांथा, Oriya: ପଶା) is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prashantha? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 326,995th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,415,093 people. The surname Prashantha occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Prashantha are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Prashantha is also the 119,496th most widespread given name internationally, held by 3,523 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Besides Sri Lanka it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prashantha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prashantha in the Oriya language
ପଶାpasa-
Prashantha in the Marathi language
शांथाsantha85.71
वसंथाvasantha14.29

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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 Prashantha
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