Kanagalingam Surname

196,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Kanagalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanagalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,6811:12,3791,773
Canada1531:240,82122,946
England841:663,31038,317
Australia451:599,90442,958
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Norway211:244,87126,357
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India91:85,229,487684,495
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kanagalingam (203) may also be a first name.

Kanagalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanagalingam is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanagalingam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 196,336th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,413,370 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Kanagalingam are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 635,584th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 203 people.

The last name Kanagalingam is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,681 people, or 1 in 12,379. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Kanagalingam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kanagalingam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.92% less than the national average, earning 266,766 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $50,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.86% more than the national average, earning $51,104 CAD per year.

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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 Kanagalingam
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