Mahalingam Surname

44,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,671 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Mahalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,8241:4,314636
India2,7041:283,67816,126
Malaysia8601:34,2962,902
United Arab Emirates5121:17,8952,123
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
United States4211:860,94865,474
England3431:162,44315,163
Canada2941:125,32513,101
Singapore2231:24,698975
Qatar2151:10,9671,206
Oman2121:17,3961,767
Kuwait1541:24,6803,145
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Australia731:369,80430,692
Switzerland431:190,99816,977
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Norway241:214,26224,079
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
France81:8,302,840321,660
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

Mahalingam (4,376) may also be a first name.

Mahalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mahalingam (Hindi: महालिंगम, Marathi: महािंलगम) is found most in Sri Lanka. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahalingam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 44,499th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 624,415 people. Mahalingam is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Mahalingam live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mahalingam is also the 104,357th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,376 people.

The surname Mahalingam is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 4,824 people, or 1 in 4,314. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname is found in 52 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Mahalingam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mahalingam last name are 2.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mahalingam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.59% less than the national average, earning 243,692 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.18% less than the national average, earning R 146,916 per year; in United States they earn 28.36% more than the national average, earning $55,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $52,509 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mahalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahalingam in the Hindi language
महालिंगमmahalingama87.5
महलिंगमmahalingama12.5
Mahalingam in the Marathi language
महािंलगमmahainlagama69.01
महालींगमmahalingama17.19
महालmahala3.63
महिंलगमmahinlagama1.69
महािंलगmahainlaga0.97
माहालींगमmahalingama0.97
महािंलगाmahainlaga0.48
महिंलगयmahinlagaya0.48
महालींगनmahalingana0.48
महािंलगमावेनीmahainlagamaveni0.48
महािंलगमावतीmahainlagamavati0.48
मिंलगमminlagama0.48
महाळींगमmahalingama0.48
महालीनगमmahalinagama0.48
मकिंलगमmakinlagama0.24
मुतहालीयारmutahaliyara0.24
मकािंलगमmakainlagama0.24
महािंणगमmahainnagama0.24
महालींगmahalinga0.24
जेमहालींगमjemahalingama0.24
महिंलगनmahinlagana0.24
महािंलगमजेmahainlagamaje0.24
माहािलगमmahailagama0.24
महािंलमmahainlama0.24
मरािंलगमmarainlagama0.24

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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 Mahalingam
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