Malkanthi Surname

163,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,654 people bear this surname

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

Malkanthi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malkanthi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,6311:7,9091,153
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malkanthi (3,367) may also be a first name.

Malkanthi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malkanthi is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malkanthi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 163,623rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,745,873 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Malkanthi live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Malkanthi is also the 122,866th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 3,367 people.

The last name Malkanthi is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,631 people, or 1 in 7,909. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malkanthie955/
Mailkanthi951/
Malkanti9432/
Mallkanti893/
Malkantha891/
Malkanta822/
Malcanti821/
Molkanti821/
Moolkantha746/
Maglicante6315/

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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 Malkanthi
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