Nishanthan Surname
Approximately 1,144 people bear this surname
Nishanthan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Nishanthan (3,488) may also be a first name.
Nishanthan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishanthan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nishanthan is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishanthan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 325,257th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,370,232 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Nishanthan live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nishanthan is also the 120,268th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,488 people.
It is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisanthan | 95 | 23 | / |
| Nishyanthan | 95 | 3 | / |
| Nishantan | 95 | 2 | / |
| Nishanathan | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nishanthani | 95 | 1 | / |
| Neshanthan | 90 | 2 | / |
| Niszanthan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Nisantan | 89 | 4 | / |
| Nishanthini | 86 | 23 | / |
| Nishanthiny | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nizanthan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nisantam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Noichanthon | 76 | 4 | / |
| Nichanthong | 76 | 1 | / |
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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 Nishanthan
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