Duraisingam Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Duraisingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duraisingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia551:536,25926,457
India351:21,916,154310,282
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Duraisingam (78) may also be a first name.

Duraisingam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duraisingam is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Duraisingam.

How Common Is The Last Name Duraisingam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,691,963rd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Duraisingam is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Duraisingam live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Duraisingam is also the 1,091,646th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 78 people.

The last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 536,259. In Malaysia Duraisingam is most frequent in: Selangor, where 42 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 15 percent live and Pahang, where 11 percent live. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent live and England, where 9 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
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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 Duraisingam
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