Chinappan Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Chinappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
India211:36,526,923420,161
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chinappan (53) may also be a first name.

Chinappan Last Name Facts

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

Chinappan is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinappan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chinappan is the 2,273,756th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Chinappan are found; 49 percent are found in Southern Africa and 49 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chinappan is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,593,462. In South Africa Chinappan is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 85 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and Malaysia, where 20 percent reside.

Chinappan Last Name Statistics demography

Chinappan earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.57% more than the national average, earning R 341,184 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
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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 Chinappan
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