Mahalan Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Mahalan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 196 | 1:516,522 | 59,882 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mahalan (296) may also be a first name.
Mahalan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahalan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahalan (Hindi: महलां, Marathi: महालन, Oriya: ମହଲନ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahalan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 839,220th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. Mahalan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Mahalan are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Mahalan is also the 512,632nd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 296 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 516,522. In The Philippines Mahalan is most numerous in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 77 percent live, Mimaropa, where 20 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 2 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahalan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahalan in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହଲନ | mahalana | 88.89 |
| ମହଲନ୍ | mahalan | 11.11 |
| Mahalan in the Marathi language | ||
| महालन | mahalana | 82.72 |
| माहलन | mahalana | 4.94 |
| महालान | mahalana | 3.7 |
| महालण | mahalana | 3.7 |
| मोहन | mohana | 1.23 |
| माहालन | mahalana | 1.23 |
| माहळन | mahalana | 1.23 |
| Mahalan in the Hindi language | ||
| महलां | mahalam | 37.5 |
| महलान | mahalana | 25 |
| माहलां | mahalam | 15.63 |
| महलन | mahalana | 6.25 |
| महालां | mahalam | 6.25 |
| महालान | mahalana | 3.13 |
| महालन | mahalana | 3.13 |
| माहलन | mahalana | 3.13 |
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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 Mahalan
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