Jayasankaran Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Singapore

Jayasankaran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jayasankaran 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
India441:17,433,304271,013
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Jayasankaran (226) may also be a first name.

Jayasankaran Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jayasankaran (Hindi: जयसंकरन) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jayasankaran click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayasankaran? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Jayasankaran are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Jayasankaran is also the 598,137th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 226 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 50 percent live, Karnataka, where 9 percent live and Maharashtra, where 9 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Singapore, where 2 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
Jayashankaran9618/
Jayasangkaran961/
Jayasankarn961/
Jayasangaran926/
Jayshankaran921/
Jayacankaran921/
Jeyasankaran921/
Jeyasankarane885/
Jeyashankaran881/
Jeyasangran781/
Jayasingharani772/
Jasonkaarina671/
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Jayasankaran Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jayasankaran in the Hindi language
जयसंकरनjayasankarana-

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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 Jayasankaran
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