Wishwanath Surname

394,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 895 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Wishwanath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wishwanath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8771:23,7273,118
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wishwanath (457) may also be a first name.

Wishwanath Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wishwanath (Hindi: विश्वनाथ) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wishwanath? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wishwanath is the 394,524th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,142,509 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wishwanath live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Wishwanath is also the 399,588th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 457 people.

The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Excluding Sri Lanka it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Wishwanath Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wishwanath in the Hindi language
विश्वनाथvisvanatha-

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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 Wishwanath
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