Namboothiri Surname

79,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Namboothiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namboothiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6,0121:127,5898,201
United Arab Emirates791:115,9789,837
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Namboothiri (37) may also be a first name.

Namboothiri Last Name Facts

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

Namboothiri (Marathi: नामबूठीरी) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namboothiri? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 79,266th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,183,812 people. The last name Namboothiri occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Namboothiri live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 37 people.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 6,012 people, or 1 in 127,589. In India it is most common in: Kerala, where 97 percent are found, Karnataka, where 1 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent are found. Beside India this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Namboothiri Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Namboothiri earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.27% more than the national average, earning $48,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.24% less than the national average, earning $47,080 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Namboothiri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namboothiri in the Marathi language
नामबूठीरीnamabuthiri50
नंुबुिथरीnamubuithari50

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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 Namboothiri
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