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 occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Karaiyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaiyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Karaiyan live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Karaiyan is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Karaiyan is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 86 percent live and Karnataka, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Scotland, where 10 percent live.
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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
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