Kattayan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kattayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Kattayan (25) may also be a first name.
Kattayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kattayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kattayan (Marathi: ायन) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kattayan? popularity and diffusion
Kattayan is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Kattayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kattayan are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kattayan is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.
The surname Kattayan is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Kattayan is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent live, Delhi, where 17 percent live and West Bengal, where 17 percent live. Barring India it exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kattayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kattayan in the Marathi language | ||
| ायन | ayana | 50 |
| काटतायन | katatayana | 25 |
| कटयन | katayana | 25 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kattayan
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