Alagan Surname
Approximately 1,944 people bear this surname
Alagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| India | 373 | 1:2,056,476 | 69,972 |
| Malaysia | 344 | 1:85,739 | 5,997 |
| Philippines | 168 | 1:602,608 | 65,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Turkey | 57 | 1:1,365,288 | 55,259 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Alagan (492) may also be a first name.
Alagan Demographics
Average Alagan Salary in
South Africa
R 115,320
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Alagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alagan (Arabic: اللجان, Hindi: अलगन, Marathi: अलगण, Oriya: ଅଲଗନ) is most common in Sri Lanka. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alagan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alagan is the 211,958th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,748,738 people. The surname Alagan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Alagan reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 383,044th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 492 people.
It is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Other than Sri Lanka it occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 18 percent reside.
Alagan Last Name Statistics demography
Alagan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.47% less than the national average, earning R 115,320 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alagan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alagan in the Hindi language | ||
| अलगन | alagana | - |
| Alagan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଲଗନ | alagana | - |
| Alagan in the Marathi language | ||
| अलगण | alagana | 25.81 |
| अलागन | alagana | 22.58 |
| अलगन | alagana | 16.13 |
| आलगन | alagana | 12.9 |
| मथीअलगन | mathi'alagana | 6.45 |
| एअलागण | e'alagana | 6.45 |
| अलागम | alagama | 3.23 |
| आलागन | alagana | 3.23 |
| अलगणन | alaganana | 3.23 |
| Alagan in the Arabic language | ||
| اللجان | alljan | - |
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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 Alagan
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