Prashar Surname

77,268th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Prashar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prashar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,2251:146,8079,308
England4161:133,93813,173
Canada1731:212,98020,593
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
United Arab Emirates1091:84,0587,655
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Australia541:499,92037,885
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Norway131:395,56035,657
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Prashar (45) may also be a first name.

Prashar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prashar (Hindi: प्राशर, Marathi: ाशर, Oriya: ପଶର) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prashar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 77,268th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,151,089 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Prashar reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Prashar is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 45 people.

The last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 5,225 people, or 1 in 146,807. In India Prashar is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 50 percent live, Delhi, where 17 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 8 percent live. Beside India it occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Prashar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prashar surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Prashar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.56% less than the national average, earning 274,937 kr per year; in United States they earn 53.25% more than the national average, earning $66,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.23% more than the national average, earning $63,212 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prashar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prashar in the Oriya language
ପଶରpasara-
Prashar in the Marathi language
ाशरasara72.22
पराशरparasara22.22
परासरparasara5.56
Prashar in the Hindi language
प्राशरprasara42.42
पराशरparasara36.36
प्रशारprasara13.64
पाराशरparasara4.55
प्रशरprasara1.52
परासरparasara1.52

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