Jakanathan Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Jakanathan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jakanathan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Jakanathan (20) may also be a first name.

Jakanathan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jakanathan is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jakanathan? popularity and diffusion

Jakanathan is the 4,772,636th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Jakanathan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jakanathan live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jakanathan is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 20 people.

Jakanathan is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,966,282. In Malaysia Jakanathan is primarily concentrated in: Perak, where 60 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent live and Kedah, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jakanatan953/
Jakanathanh951/
Jakannatan909/
Jaqanathan903/
Sakanathan901/
Jacanathan901/
Yokanathan8027/
Sokanathan802/
Sockanathan7653/
Sookanathan7621/
Sokkanathan7610/
Caicanatan704/
Jaikoonnatham702/
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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 Jakanathan
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