Narainan Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Narainan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Narainan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia661:446,88222,856
South Africa641:846,52756,162
India271:28,409,829361,298
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Narainan (48) may also be a first name.

Narainan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Narainan (Hindi: नारायनण) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Narainan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,380,086th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 59 percent of Narainan are found; 42 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 42 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held given name on earth, held by 48 people.

It is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 446,882. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 47 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 14 percent live and Penang, where 14 percent live. Outside of Malaysia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 40 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.

Narainan Last Name Statistics demography

Narainan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.33% less than the national average, earning R 115,656 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Narainan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Narainan in the Hindi language
नारायनणnarayanana41.18
नरायनणnarayanana17.65
नरायननnarayanana11.76
नारायणनnarayanana11.76
नरैनांnarainam5.88
नारायनnarayana5.88
नरायनnarayana5.88

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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 Narainan
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