Nilakan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Nilakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
Nilakan (65) may also be a first name.
Nilakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nilakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nilakan (Hindi: नीलकण्ठ, Marathi: िनळकं, Oriya: ନୀଳକାନ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nilakan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Nilakan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nilakan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Nilakan is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 80 percent live and Gujarat, where 20 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nilakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nilakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୀଳକାନ | nilakana | - |
| Nilakan in the Hindi language | ||
| नीलकण्ठ | nilakantha | 75 |
| नीलकान्त | nilakanta | 25 |
| Nilakan in the Marathi language | ||
| िनळकं | inalakam | 50 |
| िनलकं | inalakam | 31.82 |
| िनलकन | inalakana | 13.64 |
| िथलाकन | ithalakana | 2.27 |
| िनलकान | inalakana | 2.27 |
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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 Nilakan
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