Vishay Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Vishay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Vishay (471) may also be a first name.
Vishay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vishay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vishay (Hindi: विषय, Marathi: िवषय, Russian: Вишай) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vishay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Vishay is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Vishay reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vishay is also the 392,250th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 471 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Vishay is mostly found in: Jharkhand, where 62 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Barring India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vishay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vishay in the Hindi language | ||
| विषय | visaya | 94.57 |
| विशय | visaya | 4.35 |
| विशाय | visaya | 1.09 |
| Vishay in the Marathi language | ||
| िवषय | ivasaya | 84 |
| िवशय | ivasaya | 12 |
| िवशया | ivasaya | 4 |
| Vishay in the Russian language | ||
| Вишай | visaj | - |
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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 Vishay
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