Kandasamy Surname

27,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,437 people bear this surname

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

Kandasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8,4051:2,476332
India2,9961:256,03014,789
Malaysia2,4551:12,0141,277
Canada7431:49,5906,021
England7051:79,0338,835
Saudi Arabia5961:51,7727,760
United Arab Emirates5791:15,8241,918
United States5141:705,17355,723
South Africa3491:155,23717,537
Singapore3471:15,872681
Qatar3151:7,486808
Oman2721:13,5591,553
Australia2261:119,45013,170
Switzerland2091:39,2965,604
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
Bahrain1321:10,2171,962
Denmark941:60,0506,090
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Norway551:93,49612,846
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
France331:2,012,810168,616
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Seychelles231:4,017661
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Wales61:515,75523,171
Brunei51:83,7461,811
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
China41:341,830,39216,990
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Kandasamy (6,037) may also be a first name.

Kandasamy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kandasamy (Marathi: कंदसामी) is found most in Sri Lanka. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandasamy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 27,668th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 374,932 people. The surname Kandasamy is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Kandasamy are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 85,336th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 6,037 people.

This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 8,405 people, or 1 in 2,476. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 56 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.

Kandasamy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kandasamy surname are 2.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.38% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kandasamy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.05% less than the national average, earning 269,773 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.49% more than the national average, earning R 331,476 per year; in United States they earn 16.53% more than the national average, earning $50,280 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% more than the national average, earning $50,614 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kandasamy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kandasamy in the Marathi language
कंदसामीkandasami27.27
कडमसमीkadamasami18.18
कंदासामीkandasami18.18
कंदासाkandasa9.09
दासामीdasami9.09
कांदासामीkandasami9.09
कंडासामीkandasami9.09

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kandasamy
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