Rishiwal Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Rishiwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rishiwal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rishiwal Last Name Facts

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

Rishiwal (Hindi: रिषिवाल) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rishiwal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Rishiwal reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Rishiwal is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Rishiwal is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 88 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rishival8826/
Ruschiwal822/
Reshival751/
Ritschewald7444/
Ruschival7134/
Raisivale711/
Reichewald671/
Richeval6324/
Rüsewald6317/
Rusival531/
Rizeval531/
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Rishiwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rishiwal in the Hindi language
रिषिवालrisivala50
ऋषिवालrsivala50

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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 Rishiwal
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