Naarayanan Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Naarayanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naarayanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India261:29,502,515369,827
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Naarayanan (11) may also be a first name.

Naarayanan Last Name Facts

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

Naarayanan is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Naarayanan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Naarayanan is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Naarayanan reside; 74 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally It is held by 11 people.

Naarayanan is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Naarayanan is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 46 percent are found, Karnataka, where 12 percent are found and Gujarat, where 4 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 17 percent are found and Equatorial Guinea, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Naarayanan
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