Nilgiris Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Nilgiris Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nilgiris Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nilgiris Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nilgiris has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nilgiris? popularity and diffusion
Nilgiris is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Nilgiris are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India it is primarily found in: Tamil Nadu, where 38 percent are found, Karnataka, where 21 percent are found and Kerala, where 4 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Singapore, where 4 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nilgiris
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