Viswnath Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Viswnath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viswnath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Viswnath (383) may also be a first name.

Viswnath Last Name Facts

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

The last name Viswnath (Hindi: विश्वनाथ, Marathi: नाथ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Viswnath? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Viswnath is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Viswnath reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Viswnath is also the 442,958th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 383 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is primarily found in: Telangana, where 31 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 19 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vishwnath9426/
Vishwnathe892/
Vishswnath891/
Visvnath887/
Viswnadh881/
Vishvnath82185/
Viswnad801/
Vishvnaath781/
Vishvnathe781/
Vishwnad751/
Vishvnate712/
Veshvnath711/
Vishvnad631/

Viswnath Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Viswnath in the Hindi language
विश्वनाथvisvanatha94.87
विस्वनाथvisvanatha2.56
विश्वानाथvisvanatha2.56
Viswnath in the Marathi language
नाथnatha60
वनाथvanatha36
िशवनाथisavanatha4

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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 Viswnath
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