Chanmugam Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Chanmugam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chanmugam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Chanmugam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chanmugam has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chanmugam.

How Common Is The Last Name Chanmugam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chanmugam is the 544,808th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Chanmugam are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Chanmugam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Chanmugam last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Chanmugam earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.16% more than the national average, earning $64,360 USD per year.

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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 Chanmugam
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