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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Coinsreporter 8 Mar freebie \ on: The Most Common Last Name in Every Country charts_and_numbers
I disagree for the most common last name in India.
It's not 'Devi', It's 'Kumar' for males and 'Kumari' for Females.
Also, it's not 'Chaudhari' in Nepal.
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Hello, this is kumar speaking!
I don't like 'Devi' being listed there, but for a different reason. I take it as a lack of domain knowledge.
I don't like it because I don't consider 'Devi' as a last name or surname, although technically it is.
In India, when you know a girl is married and a little old, you don't want to call her by her first name, you add devi after her first name to show respect. Though in big cities people don't follow it.
I suspect the data might show 'Devi' as the most common last name because, when married women from villages registered for an Aadhar card (similar to a Social Security Number) over the last 20 years, the person assisting them invariably added 'Devi' as a last name.
Footnote:
'Devi' means Goddess.
Kumar is also not 'technically' a last name
Hey @0xbitcoiner ! Do you still need data? The sample size in the comment above is rather small but it's sufficient for a result. 😜😜
Is that just your perception, or do you have any data to back it up?
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Do I need data if I'm enjoying my dual citizenship? I was born to Indian-American couple.
Let me clarify. If you ask about the most common surname here in India, it's best to go with 'Singh'. If you ask about last name, which is not the surname for Indians, every other person attached kumar or Kumari to their first name. Like Rohit Kumar, Rajkumar, rajkumari, mohan kumar, nidhi Kumari.
Kids in schools are encouraged to adjoin 'kumar and kumari' to their first names in place of their surnames because of deep rooted castism and practice of untouchability.
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There is a 'truth' to it, but I would have put it differently.
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