Vasista Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Vasista Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 252 | 1:3,043,910 | 90,807 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Vasista (241) may also be a first name.
Vasista Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vasista Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vasista (Hindi: वसिस्टा, Marathi: वशी, Oriya: ବଶି) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vasista.
How Common Is The Last Name Vasista? popularity and diffusion
Vasista is the 895,817th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. Vasista occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Vasista reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 575,894th most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 241 people.
The surname Vasista is most common in India, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 3,043,910. In India it is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 45 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Telangana, where 6 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and New Zealand, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vasista Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vasista in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଶି | basi | - |
| Vasista in the Marathi language | ||
| वशी | vasi | 66.67 |
| वसी | vasi | 33.33 |
| Vasista in the Hindi language | ||
| वसिस्टा | vasista | 33.33 |
| वशिष्ट | vasista | 33.33 |
| वासीस्ता | vasista | 33.33 |
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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 Vasista
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