Karaiyan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Karaiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Karaiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaiyan has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaiyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 70 percent of Karaiyan live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Karaiyan is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 86 percent are found and Karnataka, where 14 percent are found. Apart from India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Scotland, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Karaiyan
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