Balappan Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Balappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Balappan (86) may also be a first name.

Balappan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balappan is found most in Malaysia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balappan? popularity and diffusion

Balappan is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Balappan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Balappan reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,032,266th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 86 people.

The last name Balappan is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Penang, where 89 percent live and Perak, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

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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 Balappan
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