Vandey Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Vandey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Vandey (74) may also be a first name.
Vandey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vandey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vandey (Hindi: वाण्डेय, Russian: Вандей) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vandey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vandey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Vandey live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 74 people.
The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 37 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 23 percent reside. Outside of India Vandey is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vandey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vandey in the Hindi language | ||
| वाण्डेय | vandeya | - |
| Vandey in the Russian language | ||
| Вандей | vandej | - |
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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 Vandey
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