Pushk Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Pushk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pushk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan201:1,607,65912,727
India51:153,413,076951,030
Russia31:48,041,019639,186

Pushk (28) may also be a first name.

Pushk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pushk (Bengali: পুষ্ক, Hindi: पुष्क, Russian: Пушк) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pushk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Pushk live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Pushk is also the 1,994,417th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 28 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,607,659. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Khost, where 40 percent are found, Kabul, where 35 percent are found and Paktia, where 10 percent are found. Not including Afghanistan it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pushke9110/
Pusk894/
Puschke83345/
Pishk8041/
Puske8028/
Pushg8016/
Pausk802/
Pusck801/
Pusxh801/
Puszk801/
Pousk801/
Puchk801/
Pusgh800/
Puisk800/
Pusks800/
Pushkova773,712/
Putschke7744/
Pauschke775/
Peuschke773/
Puschcke771/
Pishkh7332/
Puszke736/
Pauske731/
Putske731/
Puiske731/
Puschkova713/
Poushkova711/
Pisk67682/
Puskova67196/
Pusc6780/
Posk6744/
Pauschková672/
Puxk671/
Pusg671/
Püschke671/
Puiseke671/
Putschg671/
Puttsck670/

Pushk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pushk in the Bengali language
পুষ্কpuska-
Pushk in the Hindi language
पुष्कpuska85.71
पुष्करpuskara14.29
Pushk in the Russian language
Пушкpusk-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pushk
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