Maliappan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Maliappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maliappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Maliappan (291) may also be a first name.

Maliappan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maliappan is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maliappan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Maliappan are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Maliappan is also the 517,703rd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 291 people.

It is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Perak, where 50 percent live, Selangor, where 20 percent live and Johor, where 10 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 29 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
  • 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 Maliappan
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