Iyyappa Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Iyyappa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iyyappa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iyyappa (44) may also be a first name.

Iyyappa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iyyappa is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iyyappa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Iyyappa occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Iyyappa are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 44 people.

Iyyappa is most widely held in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 40 percent are found, Karnataka, where 30 percent are found and Telangana, where 10 percent are found. Aside from India it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jjiyappa801/
Eayyappa801/
Yayapa77259/
Aitayappa756/
Jayappa71545/
Joyappa7161/
Yayapea716/
Iyoapaa711/
Itayapa711/
Aitayapa6764/
Iyepa6732/
Yeapa677/
Hitayapa671/
Jieyaepa671/
Jeeyappa671/
Yahyapfa671/
Jaiahppa671/
Itiyapad671/

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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 Iyyappa
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