Nisanthan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Nisanthan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nisanthan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Nisanthan (25) may also be a first name.

Nisanthan Last Name Facts

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

Nisanthan is found most frequently in England. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nisanthan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nisanthan is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Nisanthan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Nisanthan live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nisanthan is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 25 people.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 70 percent are found and Hertfordshire, where 30 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 39 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nishanthan951,144/
Niszanthan951/
Nisantan944/
Nijanthan8911/
Nishantan892/
Nizanthan891/
Neshanthan842/
Nijantan827/
Nisantam821/
Noichanthon704/
Nichanthong701/
Necanton591/

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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 Nisanthan
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