Maligam Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Maligam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maligam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Maligam (8) may also be a first name.

Maligam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maligam is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligam? popularity and diffusion

Maligam is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Maligam are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 8 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Maligam is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Apart from India Maligam occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 14 percent live and Thailand, where 14 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
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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 Maligam
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