Kartikeyan Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kartikeyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kartikeyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2021:3,797,353104,924
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Kartikeyan (1,788) may also be a first name.

Kartikeyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kartikeyan (Hindi: कार्तिकेयन, Marathi: तकेयन, Russian: Картикеян) is most common in India. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kartikeyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kartikeyan? popularity and diffusion

Kartikeyan is the 1,136,896th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kartikeyan are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 180,884th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 1,788 people.

The last name Kartikeyan is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 3,797,353. In India Kartikeyan is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 53 percent live, Karnataka, where 21 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kartikeyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kartikeyan in the Hindi language
कार्तिकेयनkartikeyana66.67
कर्तिकेयनkartikeyana22.22
कार्टिकेयनkartikeyana11.11
Kartikeyan in the Marathi language
तकेयनtakeyana55.12
केयनkeyana43.31
तकेयानtakeyana1.57
Kartikeyan in the Russian language
Картикеянkartikean-

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