Wishwas Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Wishwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wishwas (28) may also be a first name.
Wishwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wishwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wishwas (Hindi: विश्वास) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wishwas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,565,797th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wishwas are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 28 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 74 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 10 percent live and Maharashtra, where 6 percent live. Beside India it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wishwas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wishwas in the Hindi language | ||
| विश्वास | visvasa | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wishwas
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