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
Vasista (Hindi: वसिस्टा, Marathi: वशी, Oriya: ବଶି) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vasista? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 895,817th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Vasista are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Vasista is also the 575,894th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 241 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 3,043,910. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 45 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Telangana, where 6 percent live. Aside from India this surname occurs 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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