Pravas Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Pravas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Pravas (4,279) may also be a first name.
Pravas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pravas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pravas (Bengali: প্রভাষ, Hindi: प्रवास, Marathi: वास, Oriya: ପଭାସ, Russian: Правас) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pravas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Pravas are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pravas is also the 105,812th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 4,279 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 18,708,912. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 24 percent live, Bihar, where 20 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 15 percent live. Barring India it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent live and Nepal, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pravas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pravas in the Bengali language | ||
| প্রভাষ | prabhasa | - |
| Pravas in the Marathi language | ||
| वास | vasa | 93.33 |
| पावशे | pavase | 2.67 |
| पवार | pavara | 1.33 |
| Pravas in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रवास | pravasa | 88.89 |
| प्रवस | pravasa | 8.89 |
| प्रभास | prabhasa | 1.11 |
| परवस | paravasa | 1.11 |
| Pravas in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଭାସ | pabhasa | 81.32 |
| ପଭାସର | pabhasara | 12.31 |
| ପଭାଷ | pabhasa | 2.42 |
| ପଭାଶ | pabhasa | 2.2 |
| ପବାସ | pabasa | 0.88 |
| ପଭସ | pabhasa | 0.44 |
| ରାେକଶ | raekasa | 0.22 |
| ପଭାସ୍ | pabhas | 0.22 |
| Pravas in the Russian language | ||
| Правас | pravas | - |
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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 Pravas
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