Athmalingam Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Athmalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Athmalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
India201:38,353,269431,471
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Athmalingam (12) may also be a first name.

Athmalingam Last Name Facts

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

Athmalingam is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Athmalingam? popularity and diffusion

Athmalingam is the 2,689,253rd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Athmalingam live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name globally, borne by 12 people.

The surname Athmalingam is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 1,179,769. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 64 percent reside, Perak, where 20 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 38 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Athmalingham962/
Atmalingam9524/
Athmalingan916/
Atmalinggam912/
Athmalimgam911/
Amalingan80118/
Ammalingan7613/
Amaliñgan709/
Gomalingan673/
Omolengan503/

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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 Athmalingam
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