Gopalan Surname

31,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,020 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Gopalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gopalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7,5401:101,7336,680
Saudi Arabia1,8291:16,8702,323
United Arab Emirates1,8261:5,018629
United States1,1471:316,00628,886
Oman8631:4,273612
Malaysia7291:40,4583,291
Qatar6581:3,584360
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Kuwait4441:8,5601,174
Bahrain3091:4,364792
Singapore2351:23,437929
South Africa2241:241,86524,757
England1641:339,74424,836
Hong Kong1271:57,7601,031
Canada1041:354,28532,012
Australia811:333,28028,364
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Wales41:773,63329,106
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
China41:341,830,39216,990
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Jersey31:33,0674,675
France21:33,211,361423,184
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Gopalan (40,176) may also be a first name.

Gopalan Last Name Facts

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

Gopalan (Bengali: গোপালন, Hindi: गोपालन, Marathi: गोपालन, Oriya: େଗାପାଳନ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gopalan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 31,375th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 428,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Gopalan reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 47 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 22,123rd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 40,176 people.

It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 7,540 people, or 1 in 101,733. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 37 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 19 percent live and Maharashtra, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent live.

Gopalan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gopalan surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gopalan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.42% less than the national average, earning 282,317 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.07% more than the national average, earning R 335,232 per year; in United States they earn 33.45% more than the national average, earning $57,581 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.88% more than the national average, earning $64,030 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gopalan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gopalan in the Bengali language
গোপালনgopalana-
Gopalan in the Marathi language
गोपालनgopalana91.16
गोपाळनgopalana2.84
गोपलनgopalana1.07
गोपाळानgopalana0.86
गोपाळgopala0.51
गोपालgopala0.46
गोपालानgopalana0.46
कोपनkopana0.41
गोपालणgopalana0.15
गोपलानgopalana0.1
गोपाळणgopalana0.1
गोपालांकgopalanka0.05
गोपीलालgopilala0.05
गोपाळकृgopalakr0.05
गोपालाgopala0.05
गोपालतgopalata0.05
गोपालमgopalama0.05
गेापालनgeapalana0.05
बालनbalana0.05
गोपालंgopalam0.05
ीगोपालigopala0.05
Gopalan in the Hindi language
गोपालनgopalana90.2
गोपालgopala2.94
गोपालंgopalam2.94
ग्ाोपलानgaopalana0.98
गोपलानgopalana0.98
गोपालन्gopalan0.98
गोपलनgopalana0.98
Gopalan in the Oriya language
େଗାପାଳନegapalana50
େଗାପାଲନegapalana33.33
େଗାପାଲନ୍egapalan16.67

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